Fedor Pavlovich Dobrolovsky - SMERSH - Patriotic War 2nd Class

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Guards Captain Fedor Pavlovich Dobrolovsky

Senior Investigator - SMERSH - 9th Guards Rifle Division

 

Award Card

Order Booklet B 803052

 Last name:  Dobrovolsky
Name and patrionymic:  Fedor Pavlovich
Rank:  Guards Captain
Gender:  Male
Birthyear:  1919
Birthplace:  Vitebsk Oblast, Beshenkovichy District, Village of Khotensky, Bogryatsy Homestead
Party membership:  since March 1942 
Education:  Mid-level 
Nationality:  Belorussian
Time in Red Army:  Since 11.1939
Place of service at awarding:  Counter-Intelligence Section of the MGB, 9th Guards Rifle Division, Senior Investigator
Place of work at present:  Counter-Intelligence Section of the MGB, 71st Guards Rifle Division, Senior Investigator
Home address:  Vitebsk Oblast, Beshenkovsky District, Villlage of Khotensky, Bogryatsky Homestead

Awards:
Designation                Serial Number        Document Number        Awarding Organization
Red Star                           1467702        Temporary Cert Zh298863    Decree of 6th Guards Army, 202/N 24.4.44
Patriotic War II                482172            Temporary Cert Zh309089    Decree of 6th Guards Army, 458/N 30.5.45
For the Defense of Moscow                    Cert Kh039499            Decree of 1.5.44
For Victory Over Germany                    Cert Zh0040445            Decree of 9.5.45

Verified by Chief of Staff of the 71st Guards Rifle Division, Guards Major Mazulin in August 1946
 

 

 

 

 

 

Award Sheet

 

Last name, name, and patrionymic:  Dobrovolsky, Fedor Pavlovich
Rank:  Guards Captain
Duty position:  Senior Investigator, Counter-Intelligence Section "SMERSH" 9th Guards Rifle Division

Recommendation for the Order of the Patriotic War II Class

Born:  1919
Nationality:  Belorussian
In Red Army:  since 1937
Party membership:  since March 1942, Party No.4550734
Previous combat:  Since 1.41 on the Western Front, Since 1.44 of the 1st Baltic Front and 2.45 2nd Baltic and Leningrad Fronts
Wounds or shell-shock:  None
Time in the Red Army: Since November 1939
Inducted by:  Beshenkovichsky Region Millitary Commissariat, Vitebsk Oblast
Previous Awards: Order of the Red Star by Military Council of the 39th Army, Decree 0270 of 12.1943
Home of record:  [trans:  entry intentionally obscured]

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
     
Comrade Dobrovolsky in the position of Senior Investigator in the SMERSH on of the 9th Guards Rifle Division has been serving since September 1944 and before that worked in the Counter-Intelligence Section SMERSH of the 6th Guards Army.
During the period of service in the Counter-Intelligence Section "SMERSH" of the 9th Guards Rifle Division, Comrade Dobrovolsky showed himself only in a positive manner, disciplined and attentive.
While working as Senior Invetigator, Comrade Dobrovolsky, despite the difficulties of his work, regardless of the time did a great job of exposing persons held criminally liable for anti-Soviet activities according to the norms of the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR. There were no cases of violation of the Criminal Procedure Code in this regard.
At the same time, comrade Dobrovolsky did a lot of work to filter out the detained military personnel, among whom he exposed a number of persons who had committed desertion, self-mutilation and other hostile actions. In addition to this, Comrade Dobrovolsky exposed several German accomplices among the civilian population.
For exemplary service, good performance in investigative work to expose hostile elements, comrade Dobrovolsky deserves to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class.

 

Signed Temporary Chief of the Counter-Intelligence Section "SMERSH" of the 9th Guards Rifle Division - Guards Captain Salovaev

 

Deserving of the award the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class.

Commander of the 9th Guards Rifle Division, Guards Colonel Bauyrshan Momyshuly

 

Agreed - Deserving of the award the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class.
Chief of the Counter-Intelligence Section "SMERSH" of the 2nd Guard Rifle Corps, Guards Lieutenant Colonel V. Kornitsky

 

Deserving of the award the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class.
Commander of the 2nd Guards Rifle Corps, Hero of the Soviet Union Guards General Major Baksov.

 

Deserving of the award the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class.
Chief of Counter-Intelligence Section "SMERSH" of the 6th Guards Army, Guards General Major N. Khandozhko

 

22nd May 1945
 

[Leaftree]

I believe it's fairly uncommon to get a citation like that. This is a really good one jammed with information. Well done!

Edited June 5, 2021 by Leaftree