NavyFCO

The inside of his book...

Here's a cool set, with the Partisan doc included in the back of the book! Unfortunately, I was never able to get complete research for him... The stuff wasn't classified, it just didn't exist in the archives!

My motto is "Anything worth having is worth having researched."

Amen to that! That's why I like this forum!

Here's the citation for my Nevsky:

1. Name: Kulishenko Vladimir Vasilievich

2. Rank: Guards Captain

3. Position: Commander 2nd Battery, 156th Guards Brandenburg Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov Artillery Regiment, 77th Guards Chernigovskii Order of Lenin Order of Kutuzov Order of the Red Banner Division.

Nominated for: Order of Alexander Nevskii

4. Date of Birth: 1922

5. Nationality: Ukrainian

6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party

7. Participation in the Civil War and the following military actions in defense of the USSR and Patriotic War: Participant of Patriotic War: from June 1941 on the Western Front, from August 1942 on Donskoi Front, from March 1943 on Bryanskii and Tsentralnii Fronts, from November 1943 on Byelorusskii Front.

8. Any wounds or contusions: Heavily wounded on 14 February 1942 and 12 December 1943; lightly wounded on 28 August 1944, on 29 November 1944 and on 27 April 1945.

9. Joined the Red Army in September 1940.

10. Drafted by Podogskii regional military district, Zaporozhskaya oblast.

11. Previous awards: Order of Red Star, by order N 74/n dated 14 October 1942, 61st Army; Order the of Red Banner, by order N 2/n dated 24 December 1942 61st Army; Order of the Red Banner, the order N 0124/n from 1 April 1945 69th Army; Medal ?For Defense of Stalingrad?, Medal ?For Defense of Moscow?.

12. Permanent home address: Zaporozhskaya oblast, Pologi city, Proletarskaya street 55. Mother Kulishenko Vera Stepanovna.

Short description of military distinction:

On April 18, 1945 during the battle for Karpig and the height 66,3 the enemy launched a massive attack, placing our sub-units in a precariously dangerous position. With utmost speed, comrade Kulishenko deployed his battery and began firing on the Hitlerite soldiers using open sights. Despite heavy shelling on our positions, comrade Kulishenko?s battery never ceased firing. As a result of the battery?s well-aimed fire, the enemy?s attack was halted and over 30 German soldiers were exterminated.

On April 28, 1945 on the approaches to Vendish-Buhgolz, while maneuvering with the infantry, the battery and infantry sub-units were attacked from the flanks. By his own initiative, Comrade Kulishenko deployed his battery, and dispersed the attacking enemy with well-aimed fire. Over 20 German soldiers were destroyed, and numerous enemy soldiers were taken prisoner.

He deserves the Governmental award Order of Alexander Nevskii.

Commander 156th Guards Brandenburg

Order of Suvorov Artillery Regiment

Guards Lieutenant-Colonel Melashenko

1945

He deserves the Governmental award Order of Aleksandr Nevsky

Commander 77th Guards Chernigovskii Order of Lenin Order of Kutuzov Order of the Red Banner Division

Hero of the Soviet Union

Guards General Major /Askalepov/

19 June 1945

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Last document...

The reason why the son's book is in such nice condition is that he was killed during the War...

The book to his father...

Here's a neat group...

And the reverse...

I used to have a few dozen of these back in "the day" but this is my last one... Enjoy! (P.S. just got in some new lights for my camera... I like 'em!)

Dave

This all got me digging through my photos. Here's a general (HSU Mitrofanov, Vasili Andreevich) wearing not one, but TWO blank faced academy badges, just like Kravchenko's!

And I noticed his bottom row.... Unfortunately cut off from history by an uncaring photographer, we see that our dear Colonel General Leonid Mikhailovich Goncharov is far more than just a "desk hero" but a true "Warrior Internationalist" on even the most stringent terms!!! I see Vietnam... others... Ricky, eat your heart out!!!

I was looking through my HSU/Cavalier/General photo pile looking for a photo to trade for the other general's photo when I took a glance at this one. I honestly don't even know where this photo came from! Anyway, it was the first time I've ever "looked" at it. I first noticed his lovely rack (and still affordable if it were out there!) and then my eyes wandered...

Ed asked if it would be on the market. If you are interested I can just trade it for similar picture of the other Nevsky or any 3rd class "polkovodets" cavalier.

Since the group came from me in the first place, I'll be willing to do a trade to get the photo for Ed. PM sent. (Thanks for being willing to do that, BTW!!!)

Dave

How 'bout Oksana Federova, Miss Universe 2002, and a REAL St Petersburg police officer?

If you care to see more: http://fedorova-oksana.ru/

Uhhhhhh ohhhhhhhh

Dave is straying into

The World Of Cloth!!!!

Rick-

Actually, about a year ago I dumped the majority of my medals collection and am now almost exclusively a cloth collector, save for my Red Stars and Homeland 3rds... I figured it was going "back to my roots"... I started off by collecting cloth, got into collecting awards, collected awards exclusively for over ten years... and now back to cloth - mostly because it's something I can afford!!!

I can post more photos of my cloth collection if folks are interested.

Dave

That's the EXACT photo from the personnel file! I wonder if the researcher who copied the record yanked the photo????? (If so, I'm pretty pissed... I've been offering a LOT of money for the photos from the personnel files, only to get the "they can't do that" reply...)

Anyway, would it be possible to get a 600/1200 dpi scan of the academy badge? I think we could probably adjust it to see what is on it in the photo, though staring at my screen, it does look blank from here.

One thing I do love about the photo is that he's wearing his "1st Horse Cavalry" badge which was supposed to be for veterans of the unit from the Civil War... I still wonder how he got that!

Dave

Dave... so many!!!

Back in "The Day" I used to have a contact that would send me one For Valor and one For Military Merit per month (sometimes more) - I believe they were coming from Estonia. The For Valors were $35 each and the Military Merits were $30 each. At one point, I had several dozen of each of them, but then dumped the whole lot for what I paid for them. If only I knew then what I know now!

Dave

Here's a closer shot of the reverse. You can mostly make out the number...

And the reverse...

Here's one of the ones I had....

Now his hat was probably the most beautiful Soviet Air Force hat I've ever seen. Just a WOW!

Badge closeup...

Oh, by the way, he wasn't a pilot... he was a former pilot, that later became a Commissar... Thus the early pilot's badge on the later tunic!

Here's the inside of the file, plus a few photos that came with the group. Note that he was a Lt. Colonel by the end of the War, but the uniform was never updated. Odd. Probably a good story, but my crystal ball broke...