Alfred

Here is some background information to the disaster: On April the 26th 1986 the soviets made some experiments with the reactor. After a short time after starting the experiments, they were not longer able to controll the reactor (as well of technical problems of the construction) and the bloc 4 of the power-plant exploded. The inhabitans of the region were not informed, 3 days after the accident they started to evacuate the region next to the plant. On April the 28 the Scandinavian countries measured high radiactive in the air. The soviet union negated an big atomic accident and spoke from two killed persons. The first may was celebrated as normal. After 1 month they started to evacuate the whole region.

Forget it, found the answer on a web-side. It?s a badge for the 2times red banner baltic fleet. (Дважды Краснознаменный Балтийский Флот)

Hello, does somebody know the meaning of the badge. If I remember right, it is a navy school badge, but which one/school ? regards and thanks Andreas

Ed, found an interesting detail on the homepage of the newspaper "Neues Deutschland". They have an archive an do research for money in their old newspapers. They research persons from 1946. The contact e-mail is : recherche@nd-online.de Maybe you try it. Don?t know the price of the research best regards Andreas Here is the original text in german: "Zum Beispiel: ND-Archiv / Recherchedienst Der Recherchedienst basiert auf dem elektronischen Archiv von Neues Deutschland ab Mai 1993. Au?erdem k?nnen wir in unserem Presseausschnittspeicher ab 1946 speziell zu Personen recherchieren. Alle ND-Ausgaben seit der ND-Gr?ndung im April 1946 stehen unseren Nutzern in Form von Monatsb?nden zur Einsicht zur Verf?gung. Die Nutzung des Archivs ist kostenpflichtig. Bei Erteilung von Rechercheauftr?gen geben Sie bitte das gew?nschte Thema oder Autor, Titel und Datum des Artikels sowie Ihre Abo-Nummer oder die vollst?ndige Anschrift an. Kontakt: recherche@nd-online.de"

"There are a couple of potental ways to research this group of East German civil decorations. The first would be to contact the Stasi-Archiv in Berlin to see if this individual has a Stasi file" I think you will get no answer from the archive. If I remember right only concerned person can look in their own files and scientist and journalist have acess to the records, they have to constitute their wish to look at the records. You have to to make an application to the agency which administrate the records. And you have to give a reason why to look at the record. I think a medal research is no reason, at all. Here is the name of the agency. "D I E B U N D E S B E A U F T R A G T E f?r die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik" Thats the homepage: http://www.bstu.de/home.htm Here is the link to the law in englisch http://www.bstu.de/rechtl_grundl/index.htm I think you will have better luck with the newspaper "Neues Deutschland". It was the main newspaper in the German Demokratic Republik. Maybe they published main awards and reasons. The newspaper still exist today. Here is the link. http://www.nd-online.de/ Maybe they have the old newspapers in her archive and an article about Dankwart Fehr. Ask the newspaper for material out of his archives. Maybe they research it for a fee. regards Andreas

Is somebody so friendly to translate this for me. thanks in advance Andreas

Hi Gerd, found it: RVGK - Reserve of the Supreme High Command or rebuilding units destroyed in combat

Here is a short history of the 196 Rifle Division from: The Order of Battle in the GPW

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.