Bob Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Here we go, a nice series from the Stalingrad Panorama Museum... last pic: Skanderbeg!Must be pretty rare for a Soviet to get an Albanian award! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 MOre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 Even more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Hi Bob,Who is the bearer of these medals (can't read the name in the 1st pic...) ?Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 I know - not a good pic... looking in close up it looks like (surname) Prodimizva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 I Know how difficult it is to take pics in such museums... Any idea who he was ?Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 No clue - but let's see what can be found out:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Yes, maybe another Member of the Forum has already taken these pics... Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Who are you talking about Christophe? Podimtseva was General Colonel and was a Hero of the Soviet Union. Here is the list of his awards. Taking those pictures was indeed very tough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Here is the best picture I could find of his Skanderberg order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Who are you talking about Christophe? (...)He, he... I was sure.... Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 Aleksandr Ilich Rodimtsev (1905 - 1977, Russian: Александр Ильич Родимцев) was a colonel general in the Soviet Red Army during World War II, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1937, 1945).He joined the Red Army in the 1920s, and fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the Republicans against Franco in 1936-37, where he earned his first decoration as a Hero of the Soviet Union. He is best remembered for his role in the battle of Stalingrad, where he commanded the 13th Guards Rifle Division, earning him his second order of Hero of the Soviet Union. Rodimtsev was vastly popular with his troops, and well known for his bravery.After the war he was deputy commander of the Eastern Siberian military district, then served as a military attach? in Albania, before again serving as deputy commander of the Northern military district.WIKIPEDIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 1941 Commanding Officer 5th Airborne Brigade1941 - 1942Commanding Officer 87th Guards Rifle Division1942 - 1943Commanding Officer 13th Guards Rifle Division1943 Commanding Officer 64th Army1943 - 1945Commanding Officer XXXII Guards Rifle Corps1951 - 1952Deputy Commander in Chief Eastern Siberian Military District1953 - 1956Head Soviet Military Mission Albania1953 - 1956Military Attach? to Tirana1956 - 1960Deputy Commander in Chief Northern Military District1966 Inspector Ministry of Defence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallarati Heroik Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 HIS SCANDERBEG ORDER IS SOLID GOLD OR SOLID SILVER??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georg14 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 This question could probably be answered only museum worker. Because the award documents was not specified the metal of order ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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