Alfred Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Major Wladimir Petrovitsch Dovbenko OGPW 1st class: 223.610OGPW 2st class: 229.102OGPW 2st class: 455.973Red Star: 551.0996Warsaw medalVictory over Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 the observe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 and the reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 What else have you got? What KIND of a Major was he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 At the moment I have no translation. I only know the content of the papers.Award Card part 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Rick Research Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 FLAMETHROWER RECONNAISSANCE !!!!!!!!!!! Ink on the ARC has blurred, so I'm having trouble with the place name, but this should satisfy Ed:Vladimir Petrovich DovbenkoMajorborn 1919 in the village of ....., Chernigorsky Raion, Chernigorsky OblastMember of CPSU since 1943Higher EducationUkrainianIn Red Army from 1940 to 1945Decorated as Major/Deputy Battalion Staff Commander for operational reconnaissance unit of 20th Independent Flamethrower Battalion (how do flamethrowers SNEAK ????????????)Currently (9.1.46) unemployedRed Star 551,096 per 9.5.44, 76th Rifles DivisionOPW2 229,102 per 9.9.44, 125th Rifles DivisionOPW2 455,973 per 10.6.45, 47th ArmyOPW1 223,610 per (22.8.45?), Chief Council (Soviet) of Occupation Forces in GermanyCadet at Volosk Miliatry School of Chemical Defense February 1940 to September 1941Commander of Chemical service, 16th Independent Reserve Battalion of Signals in 30th Reserve Rifles Brigade September 1941 to February 1942Deputy Commander for Reconnaissance on Staff of 342nd Independent Signals Btn, 48th Army February 1942 to February 1944 (quite a career shift !!!!)Deputy Commander for Reconnaissance on Staff of 20th Independent Flamethrower Battalion, 1st White Russian Front February 1944 to August 1945August to December 1945 on reserves, Chemical Administration of... (under the stamp)Discharged 30 November 1945.YIKES. Talk about LUCK to have survived !!!!! PENAL units probably had better odds !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 (edited) Many thanks Rick, and the rest of the citations are much better. Most of his awards he got at the Oder River. His unit tookmany many prisoners and his unit defeat the whole Wehrmacht alone.He was proposed for a second first class OGPW, but it was downgraded in chain of command to a second class. I ?ll post the rest of the documents in the next days.Yes 22.08.45 is right.OGPW 1class 223.610 per 22.8.45, Chief Council (Soviet) of Occupation Forces in GermanyregardsAndreas Edited March 30, 2008 by Alfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKY MARSHAL Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 All is correct, only his surname Dovbenko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKY MARSHAL Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Vladimir Petrovich DovdenkoMajorborn 1919 in the village of ....., Chernigorsky Raion, Chernigorsky OblastVillage Lopatino, Chernigovskiy Raion, Chernigovskaya Oblast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verdun16 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Outstanding group Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKY MARSHAL Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Outstanding group BryanI agree with you. Dmitri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Agh. Right you are Dmitri-- thanks! I will change the spellings of his name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 (edited) Thanks guys for the help.I have another group with Red Star, Bravery medal, Praque medal to an artillery Sergeant. But I will send this first to Paul for translation before I post it here.Here is the reverse page of the personel file Edited March 31, 2008 by Alfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 and the second part. Sadly also on the original the last figure of his promotion dates are missing.But he had quite a carrer. From 1940 to 1945 in the army and he got promoted to a major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Aha!Full date of birth 23 March 1919. He spoke German and Russian (since these are under "foreign" languages he must have been a native Ukrainian speaker), and was of white collar social background, formerly peasant. CPSU member number 5,352,187 in 1943.Higher education, graduating from the Fitel'sky Institute's history faculty in the city of Chernigov in 1940.On the Bryansk Front from February 1942 to July 1943Central Front July 1943 to February 19441st White Russian Front February 1944 to May 1945.Never wounded!!!His promotions can be deduced from whose decrees authorized them and his service record, soLieutenant 10.9.4(2)Senior Lieutenant 15.8.4(2) per Bryansk FrontCaptain 13.1.4(5) per White Russian FrontMajor 14.4.4(5) per 1st White Russian FrontHe was certified as "healthy" when he was discharged.The service record ADDS a Liberation of Warsaw Medal entitlement not shown on his ARC.Line 19 on the last page scan is, I think, hius civilian job in 1948, but I am just not getting it.BTW, does anybody else think Dovbenko looks like the actor from the TV series "The Highlander?" (? Adrian Paul... something like that-- haven't seen it in years) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 If I remember right, his civilian job was teaching military basics in a college for school kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKY MARSHAL Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 (edited) Aha!Full date of birth 23 March 1919. He spoke German and Russian (since these are under "foreign" languages he must have been a native Ukrainian speaker), and was of white collar social background, formerly peasant. CPSU member number 5,352,187 in 1943.Higher education, graduating from the Fitel'sky Institute's history faculty in the city of Chernigov in 1940.On the Bryansk Front from February 1942 to July 1943Central Front July 1943 to February 19441st White Russian Front February 1944 to May 1945.Never wounded!!!His promotions can be deduced from whose decrees authorized them and his service record, soLieutenant 10.9.4(2)Senior Lieutenant 15.8.4(2) per Bryansk FrontCaptain 13.1.4(5) per White Russian FrontMajor 14.4.4(5) per 1st White Russian FrontHe was certified as "healthy" when he was discharged.The service record ADDS a Liberation of Warsaw Medal entitlement not shown on his ARC.Line 19 on the last page scan is, I think, hius civilian job in 1948, but I am just not getting it.BTW, does anybody else think Dovbenko looks like the actor from the TV series "The Highlander?" (? Adrian Paul... something like that-- haven't seen it in years) Excuse me, again you I shall correct. Teacher's institute?(Pedagogical institute) historical faculty, and in Russian language Учительский институт (Педагогический институт) исторический факультет. Edited April 1, 2008 by SKY MARSHAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Ahhhh, messy starting letter fooled me-- I thought it was a NAME and not the TYPE of Institute. My cousin volunteered for active duty in Vietnam rather than teach high school English any more-- I am sure there are a LOT of school teachers even today who wish they could transfer into flamethrower units.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKY MARSHAL Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Ahhhh, messy starting letter fooled me-- I thought it was a NAME and not the TYPE of Institute. My cousin volunteered for active duty in Vietnam rather than teach high school English any more-- I am sure there are a LOT of school teachers even today who wish they could transfer into flamethrower units.... It is very a pity, that I very badly know the English language. Earlier in the beginning of 90 years, badly taught the English language at schools, it is necessary to use the electronic translator and not always it gives out correct translation , it is necessary to apply the saved up particles of knowledge . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosenberg Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 You guys do an outstanding team-work that enables us illiterate in regard to cyrillic to participate in your fascination for this kind of militaria. Thanks for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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