Soviet Order of Red Star #818952

[deptfordboy]

Hi All,

The last piece of research for a little while, hopefully it will be of interest to some of the knowledgable members here. This appears to be the guy's only award, from the looks of things he won it in 1944 but actually received it in 1947 ?

In any case, any help with translation would be most gratefully received.

Cheers

Gilbert

Edited December 3, 2006 by deptfordboy

[deptfordboy]

more scans - not much paperwork with this one...

[NavyFCO]

The 1947 date is just when the award card was written. Chances are, he received the Red Star in 1944 and had a temporary document for it until his order book was written in 1947.

Dave

[Guest Rick Research]

Yes, that's all. Just paperwork catching up with a discharged soldier.

Nikolai Ivanovich Abramov was born in 1924 in the city of ?M/?Sh-ogilii, Kamininisky Oblast. Primary education, Russian, member of the CPSU since 1944 (!!!). Red Army August 1942 to February 1947.

During the war a mortar loader in 341st Guards Rifles Regiment. When the ARC was made out, he was an unskilled laborer.

Served on the Kalinin Front beginning February 1943, Northern Caucasus Front from May 1943,and 2nd Baltic Front October 1943 (citation).

Citation--

"On 4th August 1944 in the area of population points Bavaklani and Barkava, the mortar on which Gds Pvt Abramov was loader destroyed 2 enemy light machine guns, a platoon 81mm mortar, and a large caliber machine gun which were holding up the advance of our infantry. For which he deserves to be decorated...."