For Bravery,0125904,Scout,47th Rifle Division,Kalinin Front

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Order

[Pencil: “Kalinin Front; November 26, 1942”]

Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the Kalinin Front

Nr. 0432

November 2, 1942

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

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In the 4th Shock Army:

The Order of the Red Banner to:

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47. Senior Sergeant Nikolai Petrovich Yakovlev, assistant platoon leader in the 1st Rifle Battalion, 47th Rifle Division

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Commander of the Kalinin Front
Lieutenant General [signed] / Purkayev /

Member of the Military Council of the Kalinin Front
Corps Commissar [signed] / Leonov /

Chief of staff of the Kalinin Front
Lieutenant General [signed] / Zakharov /

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The day after Yakovlev received his Medal for Bravery, he was Killed In Action ...


Headquarters of the 47th Rifle Division
January 13, 1943
Nr. 041

Stamp: Central Bureau for Recording Losses, Main Formation Department, Red Army
January 23, 1943

Secret
Copy nr. 1

To chief of the Central Bureau for Recording Personnel Losses

I hereby present the lists of irrecoverable losses of the 47th Rifle Division between January 1, 1943 and January 10, 1943.

Attachment to this text is on 2 pages.

Chief of staff of the 47th Rifle Division
Colonel [signed] /Solovyov/

Chief of the 4th Section
Quartermaster 3rd Rank [signed] /Katsuro/

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1. Number: 36
2. Last name, first name and patronymic: Yakovlev, Nikolai Petrovich
3. Military rank: Senior Sergeant
4. Position and specialty: Platoon leader
5. Year and place of birth: Born in 1921, Kunya Raion, Kalinin Oblast
6. Drafted by which rayon and oblast: Drafted by the Military Commissariat of the Kunya Raion, Kalinin Oblast
7. When and why removed from the roster: Killed in action on December 28, 1942 in the village of Khmelniki
8. Buried where: Village of Khmelniki, Vitebsk Oblast
9. Last name, first name, patronymic and address of his wife or parents: Village of Voronov, Kunya Raion, Kalinin Oblast. Mother: Tatyana Timofeyevna Yakovleva

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Хмельники = Khmelʼnik (Vitsyebskaya Voblastsʼ, Belarus)
55°37'46"N 30°33'22"E

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Secret
Copy nr. 1

Order

Of the Main Troop Formation and Staffing Directorate of the Red Army

Nr. 167

Moscow, February 6, 1943

The officers and non-commissioned officers listed below, who were killed during the fighting against the German-fascist invaders, are being removed from the rosters of the Red Army:

Military Commissariat of the Kalinin Oblast

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26. Senior Sergeant Nikolai Petrovich Yakovlev, platoon leader in the 47th Rifle Division. Born in 1921. Killed on December 28, 1942.

His mother, Tatyana Timofeyevna Yakovleva, lives in the Kunya Raion.

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Many thanks to Auke who discovered the fate of Nikolai Petrovich Yakovlev ...

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