Claudius Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 What! Are you telling us Igor that the name of this unidentified Cavalier is Brykov Andrey Alekseyevich? That would be outstanding. Slava1stclass has got to like that. -Claudius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 (edited) To all: Sergeant V. S. Atyunin.Regards,slava1stclass Edited March 28, 2008 by slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 (edited) To all: Junior Warrant Officer (Podpraporshchik) I. A. Korney of the 71st Belyov Infantry Regiment. His regimental mates referred to him simply as "Long Boy."Regards,slava1stclass Edited December 5, 2008 by slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Gents, Although only a "75 percenter", he is nevertheless an impressive two-war veteran who deserves inclusion here.Regards,slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noor Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 More cavaliers in Red Army... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noor Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noor Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Cavalier until the death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Gents, Full Cavalier and HSU K. I. Nedorubov. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Absolutely outstanding thread!! Please keep the pics coming! Fascinating stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Gents, An unidentified general. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 Gents, Major General V. I. Kniga. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 Gents, Another image of Full Cavalier and HSU K.I. Nedorubov. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybo Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 To all: Another shot of Sergeant Aleksey Strakhov (post # 2 above): Looks a little like Errol Flynn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 Gents, An image of an unidentified former Terek Cossack Full Cavalier taken on November 7, 1963. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 Gents, Who says men of the cloth can't fight? Russian Orthodox priest Georgiy Pukhnov of Urzhum thinks otherwise. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 Gents, An unidentified general officer Full Cavalier. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 Gents, Yet another superb image - this time of an unidentified well-decorated veteran coal miner. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Where, when and how would he have earned his Order of Lenin though?? For valour during a mine cave in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 If the same held true for those in civilian careers as with the military then the Lenin could have been for long service. Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 The Order of Lenin was once bestowed for long service??? :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 The Order of Lenin was once bestowed for long service??? Yep. Quite a few of those as well as non military Lenins too. Why...didn't you know that you might be buying a Lenin and then find out that it was awarded for something like collective farming. However, if my memory serves me well, during the GPW, after being awarded 5 ORBs (or was it 4?) you were next awarded a Lenin. ORB 6s and onwards were a post war thing. Can anyone else can confirm the above.....I'll double check with my books tomorrow as I am going entirely on memory (which at the moment leaves much to be desired) Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Prior to the creation of the Long Service medals: Order of Lenin = 25 years long service Order of the Red Banner = 20 years long service Order of the Red Star = 15 years long service Military Merit Medal = 10 years long service Also, in a number of cases awards of the Lenin (and probably others) were made on birthdays of say long service Generals, Marshals, Admirals, political figures, etc. This was especially the case under Brezhnev... in fact during his time in office many higher awards tended to lose their prestige. This is also why if you're looking to research a Soviet Order (ie: one of the above) you have to be prepared to end up with it being awarded solely for long service and not combat. It's possible to come across groups of all of the above, all awarded for long service with the individual in question never seeing any combat. You can find more here: http://soviet-awards.com/forum/soviet-military-awards/medals/4311-long-service-medals.html Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Dan, Speaking of birthday presents one cannot but mention the HSU itself which was awarded once as a birthday pressie to Zhukov (4 times recipient) and four times as a birthday pressie to Brezhnev (the other 4 times recipient)! But here we start to digress from the original thread. Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Hey... my B-day is Saturday... think there's any hope I'll find one in my mailbox? Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Thanks for this info guys. I must admit at having mixed feelings about this, happy for the increased knowledged and a bit sad some of these awards have suddenly lost some of their prestige for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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