Order of Glory 549392

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Just to show this little award. Awarded to rifleman. And his only award for the war! 
Nikolenko Kuz’ma Pavlovich 

During the battles at Hohenkrug (today Zdunowo near Szczecin) on the 8th of March 1945 under heavy enemy mortar and artillery fire he was the first to go into the attack and the first to burst into the enemy trenches. He noticed that a sniper was hitting us from the right site. He set up an ambush and annihilated 2 enemy snipers with his rifle. 

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Received a light wound on the 8th September 1941, only 6 months after entering the Red Army.

 

After the War, he worked as Commandant of the Housing and Public Utilities Department of Workers' Settlements, “Zaporizhstal” Factory. 

 

Citation written by Commander of the Regiment, Guards Lieutenant-Colonel Zalyalov, Adel’zyan Khayrutdinovich (Гв. Подполковник Залялов Адельзян Хайрутдинович)

 

Forwarded to Division Commander, Guards Major-General Gorishniy, Vasiliy Akimovich of the 75th Guards Rifle Division (Гв. Генерал-Майор Горишний Василий Акимович)

 

Forwarded to Head of Human Resources Department, Guards Major Borzunov, Ivan Alekseyevich (Гв. Майор Борзунов Иван Алексеевич)

Edited December 19, 2024 by Wat05