Red Banner,065049,Head Of Staff,12th Guards Mechanised Brigade

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Record card Order booklet nr. V-064346

1. Last name: Bachinsky
2. First name and patronymic: Nikolai Trofimovich
3. Military rank: Guards Major
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1910
6. Place of birth: 12 Moiseyenka Street, city of Odessa
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1932
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since April 22, 1931
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Senior assistant chief of the 1st Section of the Personnel Directorate of the Armored and Mechanized Forces of the Red Army, 2nd building of the People’s Commissariat of Defense, Moscow
12. Current place of service and position: Tank battalion commander in the 71st Tank Regiment, 33rd Guards Mechanized Division
13. Home address of the awardee: 12 Moiseyenka Street, city of Odessa

14. Record of all awards received:

Order of the Red Banner N: 65.049
Medal for Combat Merit N: 1.563.998
Medal for the Victory over Germany
Order of the Red Star N: 2.633.518


Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Commander of the 71st Tank Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Abramov/
November 15, 1946


[Pencil: 2nd Ukrainian Front; November 16, 1944]

Order

Of the 5th Guards Tank Army

January 7, 1944 – Nr. 04/N – Active Army

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:

The Order of the Red Banner to:

1. Guards Captain Nikolai Trifonovich Bachinsky, chief of staff of the 12th Guards Mechanized Brigade, 5th Guards Zimovniki Mechanized Corps

[…]

Commander of the 5th Guards Tank Army
Guards Colonel General of the Tank Forces [signed] /Rotmistrov/

Member of the Military Council of the 5th Guards Tank Army
Guards Major General of the Tank Forces [signed] /Grishin/

Chief of staff of the 5th Guards Tank Army
Guards Major General of the Tank Forces [signed] /Baskakov/



Chief of the Personnel Section of the 5th Guards Tank Army
Guards Lieutenant Colonel of the Administrative Service [signed] /Krotov/



Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Bachinsky, Nikolai Trifonovich
2. Rank: Guards Captain
3. Position and unit: Chief of staff of the 12th Guards Mechanized Brigade
Nominated for: Order of the Red Banner
4. Year of birth: 1910
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1932
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): On the Western Front from August 6, 1941 through November 30, 1941 and on the 2nd Ukrainian Front from October 16, 1943 through December 26, 1943
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: 1931
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Odessa Raion
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Throughout the brigade’s combat actions during the spring and the beginning of the winter, comrade Bachinsky showed himself a courageous and bold officer and an excellent organizer of combat operations.

During critical moments in battle he did not lose composure, but calmly took expedient decisions and thus influenced the successful outcome of the operation.

All of his commander’s decisions he put into practice accurately and he continuously ensured they were executed properly.

He repeatedly visited the front line, where he organized the fighting and refused to tolerate shortcomings and deviant actions, which were committed by several officers and units.

Through proper demandingness and demonstrations he managed to install the staff in its workplace within a short period of time.

As a result of all this, the brigade successfully carried out its combat missions.

For courage and bravery, displayed in combat, and for successfully commanding the units of the brigade, I nominate comrade Bachinsky for the Order of the Red Banner.

Commander of the 12th Guards Mechanized Brigade
Hero of the Soviet Union
Guards Colonel [signed] /Borisenko/
December 27, 1943



He deserves the Order of the Red Banner.

Commander of the 5th Guards Zimovniki Mechanized Corps
Guards Major General of the Tank Forces [signed] /Skvortsov/
December 26, 1943



By Order of the 5th Guards Tank Army nr. 04/N of January 7, 1944 awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Chief of the Personnel Section of the 5th Guards Tank Army
Guards Lieutenant Colonel of the Administrative Service [signed] /Yuratov/