Gunner 1 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 No, he did not kill Panzers. All of his 'kills' were Finnish and German aircraft! Gunner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 1 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I will try to make it easier. His highest award was Hero of the Soviet Union. Gunner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 (edited) Major Leonid G. Belousov Assistant commander of the 4th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment for flight training of the 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division of the Air Force of the Baltic Fleet. Born March 16, 1909 Odessa (Ukraine) in a working class family. A member of the Communist Party since 1930. Mastered the profession of a mechanic at the Odessa plant named after the January Uprising. Joined the Red Army in 1930. He graduated from the Odessa military infantry school in 1933 , and from the Borisoglebovskay school for military pilots in 1935. He participated in the Russo-Finnish War 1939-40, making dozens of sorties, and in January 1940 he received his first Order of the Red Banner. At the beginning of World War II Belousov participated in the defense of the Hanko Peninsula, where his regiment was deployed to evacuated to Kronstadt on November 7, 1941. Subsequently, he participated in the heroic defense of Leningrad, covering the icy track "Road of Life" on Lake Ladoga. In December 1941, while on a combat mission, Captain Belousov received a severe wound, which resulted in the amputation of his legs. He returned to his regiment in 1944 (now renamed the 4th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment), learned to fly with prosthetic devices and was assigned as assistant commander of the regiment. He participated in more than 40 combat sorties, shooting down 3 enemy planes in aerial combat. Over the course of the war, Belousov made 300 sorties, and in 1945 he was promoted to the rank of Major. Major Belousov retired in 1945 due to illness. By order of the Supreme Soviet on 10 April 1957 for his courage and valor displayed in the Great Patriotic War, Leonid Georgievich Belousov was named Hero of the Soviet Union and awarded the Order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star" (№ 10,837). After the war, he worked on a river transport. Then, in spite of injuries and illness, became head of the Aero Club. He headed the 1st Leningrad taxi fleet. He lived in St. Petersburg, where he died May 7, 1998. He was buried at St. Seraphim Cemetery in St. Petersburg. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of Red Banner, two Orders of the Patriotic War 1st Class and other medals, including the Defense of Leningrad medal. In Odessa a memorial plaque is inscribed in the factory building in memory of this valiant countryman. Secondary schools in the cities of St. Petersburg and Minsk are also named for him. Edited August 1, 2011 by Harvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I have no question ready at the moment, so whoever wants to pose the next one - have at it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 1 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Harvey: Is correct: Leonid G. Belousov, VVS, KVF (Air Forces of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet). Congratulations, Gunner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 (edited) These comments are bing made in my capacity as the quiz host and not as a particpant: Gentlemen, could you post the source of the information. I am now running searches for Leonid G. Belousov and nothing is turning up other than a one liner!!! Also, I must comment on the fact that the initial question hinted that the person was not an HSU when it transpires that he was indeed given such an award. This was slightly misleading, even though I guess the reference was made to the war years only. As a general rule, remember, that the question has to be researchable. This means that we are trying to find questions that can be ideally resolved through online searches. The idea of this is to involve club members from all areas and if we focus on specialist areas, that may be unknown or cannot be found online, then we are limiting particcpation to the Soviet section. The aim of the quiz is to go beyond that. So the fact that I am running searches with our pilots full name and nothing much is turning up is not the best of signs. Notwithstanding, let this take nothing away from Harvey for giving the correct answer Harvey, we are ready to wait for you to set a question and the rules grant you up to 48 hours in which to do so. Part of the game is to answer the question but in doing so, we should also be more ready to take on responsibility to post a new question. Its OK to pass a question on from time to time but as a general rule, the running of the quiz should pass on to the person who answers the last question correctly and so on and so forth. I fully agree that answering the question is much more fun than asking the question and monitoring replies....but someone has to do it And as much as we sometimes seem to ask and reply to questions in real time, it does not always have to be so fast and furious (although fast and furious is good!!) Jim If I see to much repeat passing of questions I'll tweak the rules to limit this....but for now things stand as is. Edited August 1, 2011 by JimZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Well done indeed Harvey for finding the last question which has baffled many of us! Harvey has moved up the scale and is now close to sharing and taking the lead from JimZ Keep it up!!! Hauptmann Dan currently in third place. However, with many questions to go, and with so many members who may still participate, the game could belong to anyone. The score is presently as follows: 6 points - JimZ 5 points - Harvey 3 points - Hauptmann (Dan) 2 points - Valter 1 point - kapten_windu 1 point - Gunner 1 Harvey has offered up Question 19 to any member. He may still exercise his right to set the question within the next two days. However, if anyone else wants to take up the honour till then, please go ahead. If there are no takers, and Harvey does not set question 19, I will do so myself tomorrow evening. Here's hoping that someone will take up the gauntlet till then..... gentlemen....anyone? Jim PS - for all participants, do try to have a reserve question standing by just in case you ever win a point. This will enable the quiz to keep on running smoothly. And remember....nothing too obscure that cannot be researched! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Jim- As I do not have any written reference materials at my disposal, all of my research is done online. For this question, once I learned that the person in question *did* have an HSU award, I went to http://www.warheroes.ru/main.asp/page/1. From there, I searched Naval awards, with no success. Then, I searched fighter pilots, going with those who had birthdates from 1900-1920 (which was most of them). Fortunately, our man's name started with a "B," so I only had to search through the first 3 or 4 pages to find him. The biographies listed also provide a photograph 95% of the time, so many of them can be eliminated with only a few seconds glance. Belousov's picture matched exactly the one that Gunner had posted, so it was just a matter of transcribing his bio and posting it on here. Here's the page I found: http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1140 And I'll go ahead and come up with the next question, though I'm sure it won't be nearly as entertaining and complex as the ones you've been doing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Ok, not a lot of time to pick out just the "right" question, but hopefully this'll keep y'all guessing for a bit... WHAT BADGE IS THIS? WHAT COUNTRY? WHO WAS IT AWARDED TO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valter Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 It's Albanian commemorative medal for antifashist fighters (Medalja Shqiptare e Kujtimit Lufta Antifashiste Nacional Clirimtare) - sorry, there are several possible translations and I do not speak albanian, except few curses. Coutry - People republic of Albania, awarded to members of anti-fashist resistance during WW2 (awarded after the war). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 (edited) Jim- As I do not have any written reference materials at my disposal, all of my research is done online. For this question, once I learned that the person in question *did* have an HSU award, I went to http://www.warheroes...ain.asp/page/1. From there, I searched Naval awards, with no success. Then, I searched fighter pilots, going with those who had birthdates from 1900-1920 (which was most of them). Fortunately, our man's name started with a "B," so I only had to search through the first 3 or 4 pages to find him. The biographies listed also provide a photograph 95% of the time, so many of them can be eliminated with only a few seconds glance. Belousov's picture matched exactly the one that Gunner had posted, so it was just a matter of transcribing his bio and posting it on here. Here's the page I found: http://www.warheroes...sp?Hero_id=1140 And I'll go ahead and come up with the next question, though I'm sure it won't be nearly as entertaining and complex as the ones you've been doing! Thanks Harvey. In terms of research that was the toughest one for me... I did spend quite some time on Sunday searching and cross searching and not a whiff of the guy :-) The onus of making sure that there is available information remains with the person asking the question. That a member has to go through certain lengths only shows how involved some members are with the quiz which is a very good sign. Of course Russian sourced information to reply to a question is fully acceptable as there are online translators! So that makes your hard earned point even more valid. The HSU point was in fact pivotal in this question. My searches were carried out prior to that info, and with the original clue, I simply disregarded any person I came across with an HSU. Not that I came across Belousov!!! Again well done! Jim :cheers: Edited August 1, 2011 by JimZ spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 I do not speak albanian, except few curses. LOL....at the curses!!! Lets wait for Harvey to confirm your reply. In the meantime I suggest you start working on the next challenge Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 (edited) Well, I can read Russian (at least names), so that makes it somewhat easier... Yes, you are correct Valter - it's an Albanian antipartisan badge. *sigh* I was hoping to keep y'all occupied for longer than 48 minutes... Your turn! Edited August 1, 2011 by Harvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valter Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Well, I can read Russian (at least names), so that makes it somewhat easier... Yes, you are correct Valter - it's an Albanian antipartisan badge. *sigh* I was hoping to keep y'all occupied for longer than 48 minutes... Your turn! You meant: anti-fashist partisan badge ;-) Sorry for being so quick... Here we go - after all the trouble I caused you with tachanka, let's stay with the obscure but fascinating history of russian Civil war. There were two short-lived soviet republics in Central Asia, that were bearing names of ancient khanates. Which were these two countries and which famous Soviet military leader helped to bring them to the embrace of SSSR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 (edited) If I'm not mistaken, the two countries are Armenia and Azerbaijan, formerly known as the Democratic Republic of Armenia and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, respectively. As for the military leader, I believe that it was Grigory Ordzhonikidze, the leader of the newly-created 11th Army. Edited August 1, 2011 by Harvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Valter got Harvey's Question 19 !! The score is presently updated as follows: 6 points - JimZ 5 points - Harvey 3 points - Hauptmann (Dan) 3 points - Valter 1 point - kapten_windu 1 point - Gunner 1 Valter's latest question 20 in post 239... (although while I posted this I think Harvey may have already replied to it ) Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valter Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 If I'm not mistaken, the two countries are Armenia and Azerbaijan, formerly known as the Democratic Republic of Armenia and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, respectively. As for the military leader, I believe that it was Grigory Ordzhonikidze, the leader of the newly-created 11th Army. Unfortunately, not correct. Armenia and Azerbajdzan are not in CENTRAL Asia, and as far as i know, Armenia was never a name to khanate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Okay, I too may be wrong but I'm going to take a crack at it. I'm pretty sure the leader is: General Mikhail Frunze One of the Republics (again pretty sure) is: Khorezm People’s Soviet Republic (later the Khorezm SSR) was created out of the territory of the old Khanate of Khiva, before in 1924 it was finally incorporated into the Soviet Union, with the former Khanate divided between the new Turkmen SSR and Uzbek SSR. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, these becameTurkmenistan and Uzbekistan respectively. Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (Russian: Бухарская Народная Советская Республика, Bukharskaya Narodnaya Sovetskaya Respublika) was a short-lived Soviet state which governed the former Emirate of Bukhara during the period immediately following the Russian Revolution from 1920-1925. In 1924 its name was changed to the Bukharan Soviet Socialist Republic (Bukharan SSR; Russian: Бухарская Социалистическая Советская Республика). After the redrawing of regional borders, its territory was divided up mostly to Uzbek SSR with minor territories included to Turkmen SSR. Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valter Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Well, that was not so difficult at all, Dan is correct! Bukhara and Khorezm, and Frunze was the pacificator. Here are a couple of links, the first two are a very good article about little-known Soviet operations in Central Asia. http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/download/csipubs/baumann/baumann_ch3_pt1.pdf http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/download/csipubs/baumann/baumann_ch3_pt1.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukharan_People%27s_Soviet_Republic http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_(1920) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Like a gunslinger from the American old west, I'm famous for fighting a duel at high noon during the GPW. Who am I and what is the story of the duel? Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Haptmann got Valter's Question 20 to retain his third place!! The score is presently updated as follows: 6 points - JimZ 5 points - Harvey 4 points - Hauptmann (Dan) 3 points - Valter 1 point - kapten_windu 1 point - Gunner 1 Hauptmann's latest question 21 in post 245... Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 We are speaking of captain (I believe) Georgy Gubkin who fought in Stalingrad and Kursk. A few years later, as commander of the first battalion to reach the pre-invasion German frontier, he got into a duel with a a German Luftwaffe officer which Gubkin won. After doing so, he dragged the wounded Luftwaffe officer back to the Russianlines, interrogated him and on the basis of the information extracted, proceeded to launch an attack which ended in the capture of ove 700 germans. Gubkin would eventually be awarded with the title of HSU. You may need to correct some of the info as I am not sure how reliable it all is - but this seems to be our guy and his story. Hope the answer is complete enough! Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Congratulations Jim! You nailed it! :jumping: I know you have a question waiting in the wings and can't wait to see what it is. Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 The score is presently as follows: 7 points - JimZ 5 points - Harvey 4 points - Hauptmann (Dan) 3 points - Valter 1 point - kapten_windu 1 point - Gunner 1 and now...to question 22 which I prepared earlier on today..... Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 A quick shameless plug here if you don't mind. After consulting with Jim I've decided to implement the same type of quiz over in the Cinema Forum. I hope any of you who love movies/television will check it out and participate there as well. It'll give you yet another chance to compete and win not to mention (I hope) learning new facts you may not have known before, as well as discovering new programs or films you may not have seen but may be interested in watching. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/50561-cinema-quiz/ As you'll see we've had our first question and correct answer... so the ball is rolling! Hope to see you there! Best of luck! :jumping: Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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