"Gratitude" Certificates.

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Gratitude Certificate, #277, issued to Boris Leontyevich Shchur dated February 13th, 1945 for the Capture of Budapest, by the Commander of the 795th Rifle Regiment, 228th Rifle Division and Hero of the Soviet Union (#2025), Colonel Vasiliy Nikolaevich Fedotov.

Temporary Certificate for the Medal Capture of Budapest issued to Boris Leontyevich Shchur, undated, by the Commander of the 795th Rifle Regiment, 228th Rifle Division and Hero of the Soviet Union (#2025), Colonel Vasiliy Nikolaevich Fedotov.

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Gratitude Certificate for the Liberation of Belgrade issued to Guards Private Ivan Ivanovich Belokon’ dated October 25th, 1944 by the Commander of the 5th Guards Separate Order of Suvorov, Order of the Red Banner Kramatorskaya Motorized Rifle Brigade, Colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union (#3492), Nikolai Ivanovich Zav’yalov.

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Gratitude Certificate dated October 13th, 1944 issued to Sergeant Aleksei Nikitovich Shcherbina, 265th Separate Chemical Protection Company, for the capture of Riga, Latvia, by Captain Kuzmetsov.

Gratitude Certificate, #339, issued to Guards Sergeant Fedor Afanasyevich Shcherbina dated April 23rd, 1945 for the capture of Berlin.

No relation, as far as I know. . .

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Gratitude Certificate issued to Guards Lieutenant (Medical Service) Nadezhda Fiodorovna Harchenko, Paramedic, 166th Guards Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment for the liberation of Tomashuv and invasion into Brandenburg.

Gratitude Certificates for Guards Private Victor Denisovich Gorbachev

#224 dated January 17, 1945 for the defeat of defense on the Narev River to the north of Warsaw

#229 dated January 21, 1945 for the invasion into East Prussia

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#246 dated January 23, 1945 for the occupation of the cities of Vilenberg, Mirungen and others in East Prussia

#232 dated February 17, 1945 for the occupation of the cities of Vordshtadt and Melzak

#303 dated March 20, 1945 for the capture of the city of Braunsberg

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#309 dated March 25, 1945 for the capture of the city of Haligenbal (the gulf Phish-Gof near Konigsberg)

#317 dated March 29, 1945 for the destruction of East Prussian group of the German troops in the southwest of Konigsberg

#357 dated May 2, 1945 for the destruction of group of the German troops in southeast Berlin

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Gratitude Certificate, #337, dated April 15th, 1945 issued to Private Vasiliy Fedorovich Nazarov, 422nd Separate Signal Battalion, for the cities of Korneuburg & Floridsdorf (Capture of Vienna Operation), signed by Guards Lieutenant-General & Hero of the Soviet Union (#4790), Karp Vasilyevich Sviridov, Commander of the 2nd Guards Nikolaevsk-Budapest Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Mechanized Corps, 46th Army, 2nd Ukrainian Front.

Gratitude Certificates awarded to Senior Lieutenant E. I. Kononykhin

#258, dated November 27th 1945 for Masurian Lake by Troop Unit 49895

#333, dated April 9th, 1945 for Koenigsberg by Troop Unit 49895

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Gratitiude Certificates awarded to Guards Lieutenant Ablai Ibragimov (Order of Alexander Nevsky)

dated June 28th, 1944 for Osipovichi Railroad Nexus

dated July 8th, 1944 for Baranovichi, BSSR

dated March 6th, 1945 for Graudenz

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dated March 7th, 1945 for Pev, Starograd, & Danzig

Award Sheet

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Ibragimov, Ablai
2. Rank: Guards Senior Lieutenant
3. Duty position: Commander – Machinegun Company, 109th Guards Rifle Regiment, 37th Guards Rifle Division
Recommendation for the Order of the Red Star
4. Born: 1920
5. Nationality: Uzbek
6. Party membership: CPSU member since 1943 #5856641
7. Previous combat: Western Front 8.1941-3.1942, Stalingrad Front 7.1942-1.1943, Central and Belorussian Fronts since 2.1943
8. Wounds or shell-shock: wounded 24.7.41 (light) Western Front, 4.8.42 (light) Stalingrad Front, 5.6.44 (serious) Belorussian Front, 11.9.44 (light) B. Front, and 26.3.45 (serious) Belorussian Front
9. In Armed Forces: since 1940
10. Inducted by: Oktyabrskii Regional Military Commissariat, Tashkent
11. Previous awards: OPWII by 18th Rifle Corps dated 14.1.45
12. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

In fighting on the approaches to Danzig, Comrade Ibrogimov proved himself a bold, capable commander. On 26thMarch, 1945 near the populated area of Brentau the enemy assumed the counterattack several times to seize advantageous positions.

Positioned directly in the midst of the rifle company’s fighting formations Comrade Ibragimov capably maneuvered the machineguns so that the enemy’s attacks were repelled successfully causing him heavy losses. In the hardest moments Comrade Ibragimov positioned himself behind a machinegun and fired upon the enemy. During the repulsion of the enemy’s fifth counterattack Comrade Ibragimov was seriously wounded.

He is deserving of the Order of the Red Star.

Signed Commander, 109th Guards Rifle Regiment, Guards Colonel Levin on 11th April, 1945

Recommended upgrade to the Order of Aleksandr Nevsky by Commander, 37th Guards Rechitskaya Twice Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Rifle Division, Guards General-Major K. Grebennik on 16th April, 1945

Upgrade endorsed by Commander, 18th Red Banner Rifle Corps, Hero of the Soviet Union General-Major Chuvakov on 29.4.45

Upgrade endorsed by 65th Army Commander General-Colonel Batov and Member of the Military Committee General-Major Radetskii on 17th May, 1945

Awarded the Order of Aleksandr Nevsky by 45th Army Order 618/N dated 19.5.45. Signed Deputy Chief, 2nd Section Chief of Personnel Captain Shcherbin(?)


My thanks to desantnik for his invaluable assistance!

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Gratitude Certificate issued to Guards Private Ivan Vasilyevich Barbarich dated December 2nd, 1944 for fighting in the Hungarian cities of Paks, Kaposvár, Szekszárd, Dombóvár, & Bonyhád.

Gratitude Certificate, #339, dated April 23rd, 1945 awarded to Guards Captain Konstantin Sergeyvich Nazorov for the fighting in the suburbs of Berlin signed by the Commander of the 39th Guards Mortar Regiment, Guards Colonel & Hero of the Soviet Union (#362), Petr Vasilyevich Shutov.

Gratitude Certificate dated February 11th 1945 awarded to Private Trifon Dimitrovich Shinkovoy for breaking the German defense on the west bank of the Oder River.