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    Help needed to research Soldier of the Civil War


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    I have in my collection, a Soviet Medal for Battle Merit awarded to a man named Karpenko, Nikolay Fedotovich - Ukrainian born 1895, in  Reading his citation, I learned that he was a participant of the Civil War, in the year of 1919 as part of the 5th Sumy Regiment, where he was fighting the White Army of Denikin, and the Makhno Bandits. Here is a citation that I have not fully translated yet, but see the information near the top.

     

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    Now when I was searching sites of Pamyat Naroda, I came across a similar site, but for the First World War. I took a closer look, and searched his name and surprisingly came across a document of a sick card, stamped by the Red Cross. It stated that during this time, he was ranked a Senior Unteroffizer as part of the 22nd Caucasian Regiment. He was admitted to hospital in November 1917. Here is his card. 

     

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    Now this is really the only information I have of his Civil War/First World War times. It seemed that he was mainly fighting in the Caucasian region. One small site said that the 22nd Caucasian Reg. was led by Armenians during the fighting against the Ottoman Empire. From 08.08.1916 to 03.03.1918, it was led by Polkovnik P. P. Bezhanbekov, an Armenian born in Tiflis. The 5th Sumy Reg. has no information I could find.

     

    Could anyone possibly offer me more information about where and who he was fighting? Maybe there are other sites to search, or ask? Thanks for any help.

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