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06-13-2012, 06:46 PM | #1 |
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Patriotic War II,0083147,Political Officer,628th Artillery Regiment
Captain Abkaryan Melik Pogosovich, born in 1905 in Kafan district of Armenia, communist party member since 1929, armenian.
He served in Red Army from June of 1941 to July of 1946. Political officer of artillery division of 628 artillery regiment . Fought on Krim front, Voronez front and 1st Ukrainian front. Was wounded on 28 of Murch 1942 on Krim front. On the 8th of July 1943 the enemy began a massive artillery raid on division position, Abkaryan saved the staff and division artillery. Operating quickly and resolutely he evacuated the division by ravines to safe place. Awarded by OGPW2 by order #07/n of 38th Army artillery commander from 15th of February 1944 ( senior lieutenant at the time of the award) The uniform was used just for graphic effect. No other awards were annotated with this group. Simply the OGPW2 and VoG Medal. Last edited by PaulR; 06-13-2012 at 06:49 PM. |
06-14-2012, 05:44 AM | #2 |
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Re: Patriotic War II,Political Officer,628 Artillery Rgt,83147
Nice award! My guess is he served in an artillery battalion, not division (the Russian word was probably divizion, not divizia).
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06-14-2012, 07:57 AM | #3 |
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Re: Patriotic War II,Political Officer,628 Artillery Rgt,83147
Here are the first three documents
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06-14-2012, 07:59 AM | #4 |
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Re: Patriotic War II,Political Officer,628 Artillery Rgt,83147
Last three documents.
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06-15-2012, 09:29 PM | #5 | |
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Re: Patriotic War II,Political Officer,628 Artillery Rgt,83147
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Red Army artillery units are following: fire platoon, battery, division, artillery regiment, artillery brigade and artillery division. |
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06-15-2012, 11:15 PM | #6 |
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Re: Patriotic War II,Political Officer,628 Artillery Rgt,83147
Thanks Auke and Azad. I really am happy with this small but pertinant grouping! I have not seen too many political officer groupings.
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06-18-2012, 01:01 PM | #7 |
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Re: Patriotic War II,Political Officer,628 Artillery Rgt,83147
Do you happen to have the Victory over Germany document, Paul? Just wondering. . .
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06-18-2012, 01:52 PM | #8 |
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Re: Patriotic War II,Political Officer,628 Artillery Rgt,83147
Hi Bill,
I do not have any documents for any of this set. It is all archival paperwork. PAul |
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