Soviet Pavel Jakovlevitsj Korovin

[HenkWillem]

Yesterday I've recieved my first research documents for this medal:

This medal is awarded to Pavel Jakovlevitsj Korovin.

His regestrationcard:

TRANSLATION:

1. lastname: Korovin

2. Name and surnames: Pavel Jakovlevitsj

3. Military rank: Corporal

4. sex: Male

5. year of birth: 1924

6. place of birth: Oblast Koersk, rayon Besedinski, village Korovino

7. Party Membership (from what year): Not in a party

8. Education: Lower

9. Nationality: Russian

10. Date that he joined the Red Army: from march 1943

11. Placement (name of the section) and fuction at the time of the grant: 23rd Gloechovsk-Retsjitsa-Order of Soevorov-Red Banier-Tankbrigade ? Motordriver-scout

12. Current location and function: Tankschool Syzran ? cadet

13. Home address of the decorated: Oblast Koersk, rayon Besedinski, village Korovino

14: List of all decorations:

medal for bravery

number: 2105611

Document nr. 16

Order of the 23rd Tankbrigade nr. 01/N of 5 februari 1945

Order of the Red Star

number: 1273583

temporary certificate nr. E-244851

Order of the 23rd Tankbrigade nr. 08/N of 7 augustus 1944

Order of glory 3rd Class

number 525413

temporary certificaat nr. I-506075

Order of the 9e Tankcorps nr. 0111/N of 26 mei 1945

medal for the Liberation of Warschau

document: A-252049

Decreet of 9 juni 1945

medal of the occupation of Berlin

document: A-496751

Decreet of 9 juni 1945

medal for the victory of Germany

document: S-366389

Decreet of 9 mei 1945

[HenkWillem]

The citation:

close up

close up

He has got the medal as a brave and decisive scout in the period from 14 januari 45.

On the breacktrough of the german defense he gave the staff on the right time the right info and he saved a wounded scout from the battlefield.

By the capture of the city Gadom he was part of a exploring group on foot and he met a group of Germans. He began to shoot at them and killed approximately 8 germans and saved 3 wounded soldiers from the battlefield.

[HenkWillem]

And the final documents. This are all the awards that are awarded to that brigade. He is number 10 from page 4 (photo 2)

[Guest Rick Research]

He had an outstanding war record to have received those awards as an ordinary Private and Yefreiter. The fact that he was attending Officer Candidate School in 1946 suggests you should probably request his personnel file...

maybe he never graduated and remained in the ranks... but he might have been serving as an officer into the late 1950s or beyond. He was young enough to have caught up rapidly with the normal age groups for officer promotion.

[HenkWillem]

He had an outstanding war record to have received those awards as an ordinary Private and Yefreiter. The fact that he was attending Officer Candidate School in 1946 suggests you should probably request his personnel file...

maybe he never graduated and remained in the ranks... but he might have been serving as an officer into the late 1950s or beyond. He was young enough to have caught up rapidly with the normal age groups for officer promotion.

Interesting, are personnel files also avaliable in the Russian archives?

[Guest Rick Research]

Yes. Or they WERE.

[HenkWillem]

and privates does also have them? And not only officers?

[Guest Rick Research]

Enlisted men will NOT have personnel files-- but he was at an Officer Candidate School, so presumably was commissioned unless he flunked the course.

[HenkWillem]

Enlisted men will NOT have personnel files-- but he was at an Officer Candidate School, so presumably was commissioned unless he flunked the course.

Ah on that way. Thank you for the advice. I will try to get his file.

[Paul R]

Ah on that way. Thank you for the advice. I will try to get his file.

I look forwad to seeing what you may come up with!

[Ferdinand]

Yes, he was indeed decorated pretty wel for a Corporal.

I'm not sure if attending and passing a school necessarily resulted in obtaining an officer's rank, but we'll see if a service history can be found...

[HenkWillem]

I have a question:

Why is the first decoration (the medal for bravery) on the second page of his regestrationcard strike through?

[Guest Rick Research]

Just some random reviewer's scratching. All the awards are stamped showing they were verified.

It could have been something as trivial as a clerk being annoyed that the Medal had been entered before the Red Star, out of chronological sequence and precedence in wear.

[HenkWillem]

Just some random reviewer's scratching. All the awards are stamped showing they were verified.

It could have been something as trivial as a clerk being annoyed that the Medal had been entered before the Red Star, out of chronological sequence and precedence in wear.

Thank you Rick Research!