Patriotic War II,0400194,Signals Battalion Chief,353rd Artillery Regiment,Budapest

[Ruiz]

Record card

Order booklet nr. 511619

1. Last name: Shulgin
2. First name and patronymic: Fyodor Petrovich
3. Military rank: Lieutenant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1912
6. Place of birth: Village of Stepanki, Cherkassy Raion, Kiev Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a party member
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since 1938
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and duty position at the time of the award: Chief of signals of a battalion of the 353rd Artillery Regiment
12. Current place of service and duty position: Chief of signals of a battalion of the 879th Mortar Regiment
13. Home address of the awardee: 9 Tyvrovskaya Street, city of Vinnitsa
14. Record of all awards presented:

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class N-400194, Order of the 30th Corps nr. 08/N of February 18, 1945

Medal for the Capture of Budapest, Decree of June 9, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Germany, Decree of May 9, 1945


Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee:

Chief of staff of the 879th Mortar Regiment
Major [signed] /Tkachev/
September 4, 1946


Award sheet

All fields to be filled out fully

Last name, first name and patronymic: Shulgin, Fyodor Petrovich
Military rank: Lieutenant
Duty position and unit: Chief of signals of a battalion of the 353rd Stanislav Red Banner Artillery Regiment, 151st Zhmerinka Red Banner Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class
1. Year of birth: 1912
2. Nationality: Ukrainian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1937
4. Party affiliation: Not a party member
5. Participation in combat (where and when): From July 5, 1941 to August 12, 1941 with the Southwestern Front; from January 18, 1944 to August 7, 1944 with the 1st Ukrainian Front; from August 7, 1944 to November 21, 1944 with the 4th Ukrainian Front; since November 21, 1944 with the 2nd Ukrainian Front
6. Wounds and contusions received: A light wound on August 12, 1941
7. Which earlier awards (for which merits): None
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the city of Vinnitsa

Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:

During the period of fighting for the Hungarian capital of Budapest comrade Shulgin, serving as chief of signals, displayed perseverance and great concern for supporting the combat operations with the necessary communications. On December 7, 1944, when the communications broke up every single minute, comrade Shulgin managed to organize the communications in such a manner that they didn’t break up for even a minute, despite the difficult battlefield circumstances, and the battalion carried out its combat mission.

From January 5 to 10, 1945, when our units directly crossed the boundaries of Budapest and were engaged in street fighting, the communications played an even bigger role during the continuous counterattacks. Comrade Shulgin, who didn’t abandon his task for even a second, continuously and unceasingly attended to his signals duties, taking decisive measures to resolve intermissions.

On January 8, 1945, when the communications were interrupted, comrade Shulgin disregarded his duty position and personally checked the cable and repaired the break, which guaranteed the continuous artillery fire from the battalion at the enemy.

For courage, bravery and decisiveness he deserves the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

Commander of the 353rd Stanislav Red Banner Artillery Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Yashin/
January 16, 1945


He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the artillery of the 151st Zhmerinka Rifle Division
Colonel [signed] /Bruk/
January 18, 1945


He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

Commander of the 151st Zhmerinka Red Banner Rifle Division
Guards Major General [signed] /Podshivailov/
January 22, 1945

Agreed.

Commander of the artillery of the 30th Stanislav Rifle Corps
Colonel [signed] /Novikov/

I award the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

Commander of the 30th Stanislav Rifle Corps
Major General [signed] /Lazko/
February 15, 1945

Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class by Order of the 30th Stanislav Rifle Corps nr. 08/N of February 18, 1945.

Chief of the Personnel Section of the 30th Stanislav Rifle Corps
Major [signed] /Podikov/
February 20, 1945

Awards with the GPW II Class of 1985.

[Lapa]

Ruiz,

Nice set! Can you please post good scans of the front and back of the WW2 OPW.

Marc

[Ruiz]

Yes Marc !

[Ruiz]

And documents, he fight in the defense of Stalingrad, Caucasus, liberation of Ujgorod and capture of Budapest.

Best regards.

[Auke]

The clerk must have had too much vodka, the OPW2 stamp in the order booklet is upside down :thumbsup

[CtahhR]

Here is the original citation.