General Ovadovsky was awarded the Order of the Red Star #3593277 in 1968 while living in Tbilisi, now Georgia, and serving as Vice Commander of rocket (missle) forces and artillery of Zakavkazsky (area in the south of the U.S.S.R. near the Caucasus) Military Region. He was awarded the Order of The Red Star #3089468 in 1953 while living in Ananiev (22 Pushkinskaya Street, Ananiev, Odessa Region) and serving as Commander of the division of the 585th artillery Regiment of the 51st Sniper Brigade. During the Great Patriotic War he was in the active army and took part in liberating West Ukraine (September/October, 1939), Stalingrad, the 2nd and 3rd Ukranian "Fronts", June 22nd, 1941 until May 9, 1945. He was injured in 1941 and had a concussion in 1943 in Stalingrad. September 4, 1939 - Lieutenant November 15, 1941 - Senior Lieutenant December 12, 1942 - Captain April 16, 1943 - Major December 23, 1944 - Lieutenant Colonel April 30, 1953 - Colonel (nine years!) May 7, 1960 - Major General (thirteen years!) Other awards included the following: Order of the Red Banner - 1942 Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class - 1944 Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class - 1945 Order of the Red Star - 1944 (#888704) Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad - 1942 Medal for Victory over Germany - 1945 For the Capture of Budapest - 1945 Medal for Combat Service - 1947 For the Liberation of Bulgaria - 1947 Order of the Red Star - 1953 (#3089468) Order of the Red Star - 1968 (#3593277) Here is the Citation for the last Red Star. . .