Soviet Major Boris Abramovich Yeselevich

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Award Card. . .

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Reverse. . .

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Award Card as a Captain. . .

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Reverse. . .

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Citation. . .

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Service Record. . .

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Service Record. . .

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Service Record. . . Sorry, no picture. . .

Edited August 3, 2008 by Bill Garvy

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His Order of the Red Star, Nr. 173156. . .

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Record card

Order book № 119354

1. Last name: Yeselevich

2. First, middle names: Boris Abramovich

3. Military rank: Major

4. Sex: Male

5. Year of birth: 1919

6. Place of birth: Ufa, Bashkir ASSR

7. Party membership since: CPSU member since January 1949

8. Education: elementary

9. Nationality: Jew

10. In the Red Army since: since October 20, 1939

11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied when awarded: Staff of the 16th Guards rifle corps. Communication officer

12. Current place of service and position: Staff of the 16th Guards rifle corps. Communication officer

13. Home address of the awardee: 8 Strelkovaya St., Kaliningrad

14. Record of previous awards

Names of orders, medals Their numbers Document numbers Ground for award

Checked

Red Star 173156 Order book No 119354 N/A

For Military Merits 217952 Order book No 119354 N/A

Patriotic War, 1st cl. 146775 Order book No 119354 N/A

Red Star 1399187 Order book 119354 N/A

For Military Merits No number Order book 119354 Decree of November 15, 1950

Red Star 3261839 Order book 119354 Decree of November 05, 1954

For the Defense of Stalingrad No number Permanent certificate A No 12403 Decree of December 22, 1942

For the Defense of Moscow No number Permanent certificate P No 019924 Decree of May 01, 1944

For Capture of Kennigsberg No number Permanent certificate A No 059000 Decree of June 09, 1945

For the Victory Over Germany No number Permanent certificate Б No 00059903 Decree of May 09, 1945

For Liberation of Warsaw No number Permanent certificate A No 042087 Decree of June 09, 1945

30th Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy No number Permanent certificate б1-н Decree of February 22, 1948

Signature of awardee (signed) ________________________

Data correctness

and signature of awardee Head of personnel department of the 16th Guards rifle corps

attested by: Guards colonel (signed) /Voevodin/

December 28, 1954

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Record card

Order book № 119354

(Issued earlier)

1. Last name: Yeselevich

2. First, middle names: Boris Abramovich

3. Military rank: Captain

4. Sex: Male

5. Year of birth: 1919

6. Place of birth: Ufa, Bashkir ASSR

7. Party membership since: candidate of CPSU(b) since 1945

8. Education: elementary

9. Nationality: Jew

10. In the Red Army since: since 1939

11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied when awarded: 2nd Byelorussian Front. Adjutant of the Second in Command of Front

12. Current place of service and position: North group of troops. Adjutant of the Commander-in-Chief Assistant

13. Home address of the awardee: 77 Myasnikova St., apt. 63, Minsk

14. Record of previous awards

Names of orders, medals Their numbers Document numbers Ground for award

Checked

Red Star 173156 Order book No 119354 Order to the 10th Guards Army No 015/N of August 20, 1943

For Military Merits 217957 Permanent certificate Order to Don. Front No 116/N of February 18, 1943

Red Star 1399187 Temporary certificate Д-343976 Order to the 2nd Byelorussian Front No 0644 of June 06, 1945

Patriotic War, 1st cl. 146775 Temporary certificate Д-343711 Order to the 2nd Byelorussian front No 0235 of March 07, 1945

For the Defense of Moscow Permanent certificate P No 019924 Decree of May 01, 1944

For Liberation of Warsaw Permanent certificate A No 042087 Decree of June 09, 1945

For Capture of Kennigsberg Permanent certificate A No 059000 Decree of June 09, 1945

For the Victory Over Germany Permanent certificate Б No 00059903 Decree of May 09, 1945

For the defense of Stalingrad Permanent certificate A No 12403 Decree of December 22, 1942

Signature of awardee (signed) ________________________

Data correctness

and signature of awardee Head of the 3rd section of personnel department

attested by: of the North group of troops

Lieutenant colonel (signed) /Gorbachev/

November 29, 1947

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Brief description of personal feat or merits.

He has been serving in the position of an adjutant since September 1942. Over this time he has been at the Don, Central and West Fronts, he repeatedly was under the enemy?s fire. He acquitted himself well in battles. August 12, 1943 at the village Gnezdilovo - izhnoye, Smolensk region he was under bombardment of 173 German planes together with me, he displayed courage and quick wit. As there were no shelters he shielded me with his body to protect from damage, which could be caused by shell splinters.

Deserves to be awarded with ?Red Star? order.

Commander-in-Chief of the 10th Guards Army

Guards Lieutenant General (signed) /Trubnikov/

August 19, 1943

?Red Star? order was awarded under order to the troops of the 10th Guards Army No 015/N of August 20, 1943

[Guest Rick Research]

Nothing like shielding the General with your own body to get decorated!

But he had a TERRIFIC career.

Have you got the other side of the "long" personnel file, shown in post #8? That will show all his promotions, which are completely absent from the shorter forms above there.

He was a Major between 1947 and 1949 but did not retire until 1968. Given "up or out" promotion policies and years-in-grade rules, I would think he had to have made full Colonel. He made it through Khruschev's 1960 budget purge, so I can't see him as a graying old stuck-at Lieutenant Colonel.

[Guest Darrell]

Nothing like shielding the General with your own body to get decorated!

....

Plus the fact they actually had time to count all 173 planes between bombs bursting. :rolleyes:

[Bill Garvy]

These were the only documents I received.