Soviet Research Order of the Red Star Nr. 3.703.545

[Gerd Becker]

Gentlemen,

it looks like i have finally an Afghanistan award. Its actually the first late ORS, i ordered research for and i hope, its a winner. It certainly looks like, even with my limited translation skills.

Order of the Red Star, awarded on 23.11.1981 to Lieutenant-Colonel Sergei Alekseyevich An******* (?), Russian, born 1938

Career:

Lieutenant 27.08.1958

Starshiy Lieutenant 13.12.1961

Captain 08.06.1967

Major 05.06.1973

Lieutenant-Colonel 12.12.1977

I don?t want to embarras myself by posting my own translation, so if anyone likes to give an overview, its much appreciated.

Here is the award card, obverse:

Edited January 13, 2007 by Gerd Becker

[Gerd Becker]

award card reverse

[Gerd Becker]

citation

[Gerd Becker]

citation reverse

[Gerd Becker]

and i have the service record but no photo

[Gerd Becker]

reverse entries of the service record

[Gerd Becker]

and the beautiful piece, which was awarded to our Comrade:

Thanks for looking, gents. I hope, someone can give a good overview of the citation, as its obviously most interesting.

[Ed_Haynes]

Nice NICE one, Gerd! Someday, we DO have to learn Russian, eh?

[Gerd Becker]

Nice NICE one, Gerd! Someday, we DO have to learn Russian, eh?

Thank you!

I am working on it, Ed. Its good enough to get a general overview, but its the details, which make this research interesting.

[Bryan]

It's for me the first time I see an award card that was typed. I'll try to read what I can, but without my dictionnaries I am week in Russiam.

[Ed_Haynes]

It's for me the first time I see an award card that was typed.

Really? See:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=12356

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11059

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11060

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11063

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10376

By the era of the Fourth Afghan War it seems typewriters were fairly common?

[order_of_victory]

Very nice Gerd

I cant wait to see what it was awarded for

I now cant wait to get home and look at the two that arrived today

Order of Victory

Edited December 23, 2006 by order_of_victory

[Riley1965]

Gerd,

I pulling for Ya!! Let's hope it's an afghanistan award!!!

Doc

[Gerd Becker]

Thanks, guys

[Guest Rick Research]

It is indeed for action in Afghanistan since 1979:

after graduating from the Kiev Artillery School "in the name of S. M. Kirov" in 1958, variety of artillery positions with an emphasis on instruction and training units.

From 31 August 1979 on assignment with the 10th Department of the General Staff (overseas military advisor).

The citation is a general record of good service as Soviet chief of an Afghan army artillery regiment-- dedicated to the Party, efficient, etc etc etc. Contrast that with the 1979 Afghan Red Star for my advisor Colonel Vozhachenko, commander of an Afghan infantry division:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1937

On 18 September 1981 your Lt Col is shown as being artillery commander in the 167th Guards Motor Rifles Regiment, 1st Guards Motor Rifles Division, Baltic MilitaryDistrict-- from which he retired 9 June 1983.

Wife Yelena Kharlamova Vasilievna born 1939: one daughter, Irina, born 1961.

Congratulations Gerd!!!!!

[Gerd Becker]

THANK YOU!!! Thats fantastic, i am a happy camper

How long have i been waiting...

Its most interesting to see the Red Star of Colonel Vozhachenko in this connection. I assume, they all were assigned to the Afhan Army, i.e. Afhan Uniforms, Ranks...? Or were they there as Soviet Officers attached to Afghan Units? Still don?t get it

Thanks so much, Rick. It couldn?t have been better.

Gerd

PS: Dave probably wants to kill me The first late Red Star, i requested research for...

[Ed_Haynes]

I suspect that, much as is still done in other similar situations today, allied Soviet officers were "attached" or "embedded" as "advisors" to various "friendly" units.

Nice one, for sure. And service record too!

(where is the :envy: smiley?)

[Gerd Becker]

Thank you, Ed. Thats, what i suspect too.

Thanks again to all, who commented.

best regards

Gerd

[Bryan]

Really? See:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=12356

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11059

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11060

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11063

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10376

By the era of the Fourth Afghan War it seems typewriters were fairly common?

Oh well, I guess this is because I'm mostly interested in WWII orders and medals. So it seems pretty common.

[order_of_victory]

The Fourth Afgan War didI miss three

Order of Victory

[Ed_Haynes]

The Fourth Afgan War didI miss three

Order of Victory

Seems so

1st - 1839-42

2nd - 1878-80

3rd - 1919

4th - 1979-89

5th - 2001-??

See: http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/medals/Afghan/first.html et seq.

[order_of_victory]

Seems so

1st - 1839-42

2nd - 1878-80

3rd - 1919

4th - 1979-89

5th - 2001-??

See: http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/medals/Afghan/first.html et seq.

Ed,

Thanks I never relised there have been so many wars in Afganistan

Order of Victory

[Ed_Haynes]

Ed,

Thanks I never relised there have been so many wars in Afganistan

Order of Victory

Yep, and the Afghans have, eventually, won these wars (I did not include the invasion of Alexander "the Great", though Afghans would list it too).

[Alfred]

Lucky Gerd,

regards

Andreas

[Gerd Becker]

Absolutely, Andreas But it was my turn after all the catch-up awards for wounds