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Yes Gerd, I am still waiting till July for the results. regards Andreas

Rick, do you know why he got no medal "For the Victory over Germany". Every soldier who served three month in the army got these medal. Due to bureaucratic reasons or just forgot him? Why are the medals for Defence of Stalingrad and Leningrad not mentioned in his award card? thanks and best regards Andreas Nice research Gerd, thanks for posting it

Hi guys, found this on another russian speaking forum. Can somebody so friendly to translate the text. thanks in advance Andreas "Медальон с венком. На сколько я разобрался, исходя из имеющихся у нас сканов, маточников для медальона было три. Смотрите на скане. У Крабов 2 основание, на котором как бы лежат листики в указанном стрелочками месте слегка выступает из под венка."

Fantastic Group , thanks for sharing it !

A few pictures of the railway line.

another map

Medal for Construction of the Baikul-Amur Railroad The medal was established at 8. October 1976 and was awarded to active participants for no less than 3 years distinguished labor in the construction of the Baikul-Amur Railroad (BAM). Arround 70.000 pieces were awarded. The BAM is a railway line through Siberia from Ust-Kut near Krasnojarsk to Komsomolsk at the river Amur (green on the picture). It is nearly 4.000 km long. The BAM runs parallel to the Trans Sibiria railway line (red on the picture). First plans to develop the Baikal Amur - room/country/region were made at the beginning the 1920th years. The official decision to built a railway line was made 1937. In the year 1938 a first small part of the railway line was opened. During the second World War the project was stopped and some iron tracks were used to built railway line in the european part of the Soviet Union. For example to provide supply goods to Stalingrad. After the second World War the railway line through the Baikal Amur Region was enlarged. The day of "completion" is the 27 October 1984, but till 2001 a little distance was driven by car. The last break was closed in 2001. Originally the BAM project was slave work project of the STALIn time. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 the inhabitans of the region decrease from 1 million to 600.000 people. In 2001 presisent Putin rediscovered the project and said it is a strategic project for the future development of the region and Russia. It is planed to expand the BAM with a railway line to Yakutsk (see second map north at the river Lena) to develop the coal region around Enginskij and around Nerjungrinskij. The coal reserves should range for about 100 years. And in the north are lying 1/3 of the worlds known gold reserves. At the same time they build a motorway between the cities of Chita und Khabarovsk parallel to the BAM railway line.

Hello, I think most fake soviet medals on German e-bay are from here http://www.azzie.biz/ regards Andreas

Ah, that's a and you've gotten a much better scan of the real colors than I've been able to ever get with mine. Rick, I use a digital cam, my scanner makes no sharp pictures.

here are the awards

and inside the award book

KLISCHIN, NIKOLAI, IVANOWITSCH (2 awards): Order of the Great Patriotic War 1st Class (s/n 145.907); and the Order of the Red Star (1.385.334) research is in progress

The numbers and dates from my previous post are from the russian Mondvor side. Yes indeed, the dates doesn?t fit really.

There are three variants of the fourth type: T 4 V 1: moscow mint; produced ~ 1951 / 52 s/n range 357.215 - 363.666 s/n range 381.214 - 400.192 T 4 V 2: moscow mint; produced ~ 1953 / 1955 s/n range 401.803 - 422.311 s/n range 444.446 - 448.888 T 4 V 3: leningrad mint produced ~ 1954 / 1957 s/n range 364.900 - 379.504 s/n range 423.629 - 442.636 s/n range 450.253 - 564.937 Maybe we can find a picture to each s/n range?

Hero Star 8282 Only his name: Chernyaev, Pjetr, Andrewitsch and the date 16.10.1943 Maybe he is still alive ? regards Andreas

There is also another little red book on the market. It was published 2005. I saw it only once on ebay and was outbid. It lists all the serial numbers from 3rd class order of glory?s and the belonging 2nd class and 1st class order of glory?s. I would love to get a copy.

---------------------------------------------------------------- Rick I own this litte red book. I bought it cheap on ebay. It lists the serial number, the name, the award date and the death date of the person. But there are some blanks in the dates and names.

here are the pictures from some stations. "Palaces for the working people."

The older stations are built like palces with marmor and bronze figures. The most older station have a theme. Like the revolution, the great patriotric war etc...

A very nice and complete group

Badge for building the Moscow Metro: There are three badges dedicated for building the Moscow Metro. (see pictures) Short history of Moscow Metro: The first line of moscow metro was built 1935 The second line of moscow metro was built 1938 The third line of moscow metro was built 1944 You can see the dates and the line number on the badges. The badges were awarded to senior engineers, administrators and communist party bosses that supervised the construction, as well as NKVD officers that guarded the laborers. Sadly, as in these time common, moscow metro was built with slave labor. I think about 20.000 of each badge were awarded. Different badges exist. The 1935 badge with lower numbers has engraved serial numbers and different srew plates. Today moscow metro is 269,5 km long and there are 165 stations. Dayly 9 million passengers are transported. In 1931 the central comitee decide to biult a metro in moscow. Fist line 1935 work beginn : 15. Mai 1935 11,6 km long between Sokolniki and Park Kultury (red line) Second line 1938 8,5 km long between Ploschschad Swerdlowa and Sokol (green line) Third line 1944 7,1 km long between Kurskaja and Ismailowskij Park (blue line)

Yes, and it looks like the red enamel of the stars is replaced. The red colour is not quite right. regards Andreas

Chris , a few days ago I saw a little red book on ebay. It was published 2005. It contains a list of all numbers 3rd class order of glory, which got a 2nd class and a first class. regards Andreas

Hello, got today the book from: Robert G. Poirer and Albert Z. Conner The Red Army Order of Battle in the Great Patriotric War 1985 Including data from 1919 to post war years. This book lists all the soviet military units of World War II. (short before and after). It includes the Armies, Corps, Divisions, Brigades and Regiments. Sadly, there are no bataillons listed. Sometimes key commanders are listed and the places where the unit was during war time. best regards Andreas

Seems to be a very interesting jacket. Got a reply from another collector. He thinks it is a uniform worn by officials of the coal industrie. "The uniform is very close to the dress uniform worn by officials of the coal industry (not miners of course - but he senior commissars and department chiefs) in the late 40's and early 50's. They also used the bright blue edging - on a dark blue/black uniform."