Andreev, Vasilij Ivanovich, Lieutenant-Colonel, Railway Battalion, 8th Guards Army

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About time I got around to posting this. Slightly "broken" (2nd CSM for long service).

What follows is based on a partial translation of some poorly-Xeroxed archival research.

Birth day 21 January 1911. No foreign languages. CPSU member # 1,767,701. Finished 7th grade education in 1927. Took a refresher course for military commissars in 1953.

Junior Politruk 23.12.41 per 54th Army
Politruk 22.2.42 same
Senior Politruk 18.6.42 per Volkhov Front
Captain (same thing--title changed) 4.12.42 per Southwest Front
Major 25.4.44 per 3rd Ukrainian Front
Lieutenant Colonel 5.11.50 per "ZhDV" (?)

Served during the war
15.8.41-11.4.42 Leningrad Front (severely wounded that day)
24.12.42-5.8.43 on Southwest Front
5.8.43-9.5.45 on 1st White Russian and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts

Valour Medal 2,560,303 per 54th Army decree of 31.3.42 (from the number, this obviously did not get to him before circa May 1945)
CSM 631,698 per 14.12.43 decree of 8th Guards Army
ORS 947,838 per decree of 8th Guards Army 18.8.44
OPW 2nd 316,040 per same 21.3.45
Medals for liberation of Warsaw, Capture of Berlin, Victory Over Germany
1948 Armed Forces Jubilee and 2nd CSM unnumbered 30.4.54
[also a Jubilee OPW 1]

Wife Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Andreeva [I host her group too] born 1912 and children sons: Aleksandr 1934, Vladimir 1935, Georgy 1936, and daughter Anto(nine?) 1941

Big giant white SPLOT next to stamp sized photo on extremely/excessively detailed "where and when called up" top of second side. Shall omit that entirely as all entries partially obliterated.

Cadet at 3rd Military Aviation School "in the name of K. Ye. Voroshilov" Baltic Military District 5.5.32
15.8.33 Discharged to (?? something about "housekeeping" as in the army didn't need him?)
22.6.41 Military-Political Cadet at Lepel'skoe Military-Infantry School, Arkhangelskogo Mil Dist
15.8.41 Detachment Commander in 33rd Artillery Rgt of 115th Rifles Div, Leningrad Front
15.12.41 Company Commissar 638th Rifles Rgt of 115th Rifles Div
15.2.42 Battalion Commissar in the same
11.4.42 for recovery in Evacuation Hospital No. 1324, city of Molotov, Urals Military District
28.10.42 at disposition of Red Army political administration during recovery
13.11.42 in reserve of political personnel, Political Administration of Southwest Front
24.12.42 Deputy Btn Commander for Political Matters in 231st Independent Track-Construction Btn, 5th Tank Army
5.8.43 same in 12th Separate Track-Operations Btn, 8th Guards Army
18.10.45 Commissar of 120th Mobile Tank Repair Factory of Group of Forces in Germany
25.7.46 Party Secretary of the same
24.4.48 discharged to the reserves per Article 43 Point "A" (wish we knew what these WERE)
9.2.50 Regimental Senior Instructor for organizing political work in 8th Independent Railways Rgt
1.11.52 Student at Leningrad (military school) "in the name of F. E....." for improvement of political personnel of the Soviet Army
3.9.53 Party Judge for Party Commission for political units of the 2nd Railways Corps (had no idea there ever were Railways CORPS !)
13.9.53 at disposition of Political Department of the 3nd Railways Corps
22.10.55 and 12.11.55 Senior Instructor for organizing party work in the Political Department of 2nd Railway Corps
3.11.59 to reserves per Article 59 Point "b" (probably up-or-out time in rank)

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I have translated research on his OPW 1, Red Star, and gallantry medal.

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The key to the group, however, comes in two translated autobiographical statements.

And, for a human touch, a photo of him later in life.

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Most of the documents in this full-documented group are pretty routine, so I'll spare you those. I'll add a few of the more uncommon ones.

First, his honored railroad badge and document.

And a (missing!) metro jubilee (also shown elsewhere, I think).

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An earlier document, unknown (to me).

Help?! (For reference, I'll call it "unknown 1".)

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Veteran’s Badge, 62nd/8th Guards Army

Badge not with group.
Signed by Marshal Chuikov.
In Schmitt’s book, p. 20.

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Veteran’s Badge, 62nd Army [8th Guards Army?]

Badge not with group.
In Schmitt’s book, p. 20, sort of.

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Veterans’ Badge, 115th Red Banner Kholm Rifle Division

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Another unknown document.

Help?! (For reference, I'll call it "unknown 2".)

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Another unknown. It has many pages, I'll just show the statutory three images.

Help?! (For reference, I'll call it "unknown 3".)