Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Posted April 10, 2009 (edited) Varvara Radchenko graduated from a Medical Technical School. She entered the armed forces in November 1941 and was promoted to Junior Lieutenant 10 October 1943 at the Voronezh Front, Medical services Junior Lieutenant at the Ukrainian Front on 6 January 1944 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 30 January 1946. She served in the 209 Engineer Obstacle Battalion then the 49th Engineer Brigade. She was released from service on 28 December 1946. She had a sister.The "Special Purpose" Engineer unit was a type of Special Forces unit whose main accomplishments were to set booby traps and mine buildings for demolition believed to be occupied by the advancing Germans. The demo teams would returm as Partisans or go behind enemy lines to destroy the buildings.There are a lot of documents and three ODMs. Doc Edited April 10, 2009 by Riley1965
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Posted April 10, 2009 Award documents for Victory Over Germany Medal and Medal for the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev.
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Posted April 10, 2009 Combat Service Medal, Type 1, Variation 3S/N: 121828
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Posted April 10, 2009 Order of the Red Star, Type 2 Variation 7S/N: 568050
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Posted April 10, 2009 Award Book for 1985 Jubilee OPW, 2nd Class
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Posted April 10, 2009 Last translated document. I'll post the actual records later after i resize them. Doc
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Posted April 10, 2009 I forgot to post her Medal for the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev Doc
Guest Rick Research Posted April 11, 2009 Posted April 11, 2009 The untransl;ated one from the Ministry of Defense 17 October 1969 concerns amount of rubles payment due to her for her war service, as calculated back on 24 March 1947 by the 49th Pontoon-Bridging Regiment, totalling various allowances. She must have reached pension age in 1969.
Riley1965 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Posted April 11, 2009 The untransl;ated one from the Ministry of Defense 17 October 1969 concerns amount of rubles payment due to her for her war service, as calculated back on 24 March 1947 by the 49th Pontoon-Bridging Regiment, totalling various allowances. She must have reached pension age in 1969.Hi RickThank You for the translation!!! I love this set. having her ODMs, research, documents and pictures. Doc
Ferdinand Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 Nice! The photographs make this a really neat complete group! :cheers:
Alfred Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 Nice group to a female soldier. It seems to be, that the first portrait photo was taken in Germany.To me it looks like:Foto SchulzKamenz/Sa. (Sachsen)?? Stra?e 20 (Street)regardsAndreas
Riley1965 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Posted April 12, 2009 Nice group to a female soldier. It seems to be, that the first portrait photo was taken in Germany.To me it looks like:Foto SchulzKamenz/Sa. (Sachsen)?? Stra?e 20 (Street)regardsAndreasAndreas,Thank You!!! That adds to the information of this group. Doc
Alfred Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 Kamenz is near Dresden in "East Germany".regardsAndreas
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