Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Varvara with friends... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Award Record book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Award documents for Victory Over Germany Medal and Medal for the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Combat Service Medal, Type 1, Variation 3S/N: 121828 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Order of the Red Star, Type 2 Variation 7S/N: 568050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Award Book for 1985 Jubilee OPW, 2nd Class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 I need this document Translated PLEASE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Award Record card translated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Last translated document. I'll post the actual records later after i resize them. Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 I forgot to post her Medal for the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted April 11, 2009 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Nice! The photographs make this a really neat complete group! :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 12, 2009 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Kamenz is near Dresden in "East Germany".regardsAndreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Befehl227 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 And even the street still exists...Bautzner Stra?e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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