Soviet Captain Vladimir Vasilievich Kulishenko

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finally (finally!!)

There's other stuff (autobiographies and so on), but this is (more than?!) enough.

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Post # 50 - #53:

1. Born on 12 Jul 1922

2. Born in Pologi, Zaporozhe Oblast

3. Ukrainian Nationality

4. Considered to be Russian

5. Doesn't speak foreign languages

6. Social situation - ?

7. Basic civil occupation - student

8. Education:

a. 12th Kiev Special Artillery School. Finished 10th Class in 1940 in Kiev.

b. No special civil education

c. No political education

d. 2nd Kiev Artillery School in Kiev. Finished ? Course of Special Artillerists. From 1 Sep 1940 to 21 Jul 1941 per Prikaz of the Peoples Commissar of Defense from 21 Jul 1941.

In handwriting: Higher Officer Artillery School in Leningrad from Nov 1947 to Sep 1948. Cadre Section of Battery.

9. No scientific works, no literature works.

10. No studying degree or rank.

11. Time in VLKSM

a. Member of VLKSM from 1939. Komsomol organisation in 12th Kiev Special Artillery School. Became a signaller / telephone guy when joining as a member of VKPb in 1942.

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12. Party membership

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c. member of VKPb from 1942. In November ? joined Political Section of 173rd Rifle Division.

d. Party card I 5013549 delivered to Political Section of 173rd Rifle Division.

e, f, g. ? Something about his condition / situation / recovering which all doesn't apply to Kulishenko.

13. Worked at the Railway Station of Pologi, Zaporoshe Oblast. Father was Vasily Ivanovich Kulishenko. He died in April 1940. Mother was Vera Stepanovna Kulishenko. They lived in Sverdlova Street in Kiev.

14. Unreadable for me

15. /

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16. Governmental awards.

Order for Military Excellence

Order of the Red Star, Prikaz of 173rd Rifle Division, 24 Dec 1942

Order of the Red Banner, Prikaz of 61st Army, 14 Oct 1943

Order of the Red Banner, Prikaz of 69th Army, 1 Apr 1945

Order of Aleksandr Nevsky, Prikaz of 69th Army, 26 May ...

Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad, Ukaz of 22 Dec 1942

Medal for the Defense of Moscow, Ukaz of 1 May 1944

Medal for the Victory over Germany in the GPW, Ukaz of 9 May 1945

Medal for the Capture of Berlin, Ukaz of 9 Jun 1945

Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw, Ukaz of 9 Jun 1945

Medal for 30 Years of Soviet Army and Fleet, Ukaz of 22 Feb 1948

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No thank-you / appreciation medals (don't know how to translate 'Blagodarnostoi' exactly)

Post # 56:

Great Patriotic War 1941-1945

Western Front

30th Army, 251st Rifle Division, 789th Artillery Regiment, platoon commander, 21 Jul 1941 - 23 Oct 1941

49th Army, 173rd Rifle Division, 979th Artillery Regiment, deputy battery commander, 23 Oct 1941 - 12 Jun 1942

Chief of reconaissance of artillery batallion, 12 Jun 1942 - 25 Aug 1942

Stalingrad Front

24th, 65th, 21st and 64th Army, 173rd Rifle Division, 979th Artillery Regiment, Chief of reconaissance of artillery batallion, 25 Aug 1942 - 16 Oct 1942

Battery commander, 16 Oct 1942 - 2 Feb 1943

Bryansk Front

61st Army, 173rd Rifle Division, 979th Artillery Regiment, battery commander, 2 Feb 1943 - 1 Mar 1943

61st Army, 77th Guards Rifle Division, 156th Guards Artillery Regiment, battery commander, 1 Mar 1943 - 17 Sep 1943

Central Front

61st Army, 77th Guards Rifle Division, 156th Guards Artillery Regiment, battery commander, 17 Sep 1943 - 20 Dec 1943

1st Byelorussian Front

69th Army, 77th Guards Rifle Division, 156th Guards Artillery Regiment, battery commander, 20 Oct 1943 - 15 Dec 1944

? battery commander, 15 May 1944 - 9 May 1945

Dinner time, more to follow.

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Thanks, Ferdinand. Every piece in the puzzle is 100% better!

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Thanks for all the help here. I'm working on getting written up, maybe for JOMSA. Need to find someone who can do a full translation of all the material though (for pay). Any suggestions? (No, not Paul.)