1. Family, Burlak
2. Name And Patronym, Petr Savel'evich
3. Military Rank, Guards Captain
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1917
6. Place Of Birth, Ukrainian SSR, Vinnitskaja Oblast, Tul'chinsk Region, Zhuravlevka
7. Party Membership, Member VKP(b) since June 1942
8. Education, Average
9. Nationality, Ukrainian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, From September 1938
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 19th Army Guards Cannon-Artillery Brigade - Commander Of A Battalion
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, 355th Artillery
Brigade, Commander Of A Battery.
13. Current address of awarded, Ukrainian SSR, Vinnitskaja Oblast, Tul'chinsk Region, Zhuravlevka
For Combat Merits 60380 Kalinin Front 30th Army #012/N of 26th April 1942
Red Star 731408 19th Cannon-Artillery Brigade #024/N of 8th August 1944
Red Star 762934 19th Cannon-Artillery Brigade #083/N of 13th August 1944
For The Defence Of Moscow
For Victory Over Germany
Family, Name And Patronym, Burlak, Petr Savel'evich
Rank, Senior Sergeant
Position, Unit, Platoon Commander, Scout Section, 542th Cannon-Artillery Regiment
Presented for Medal "For Combat Merits"
1. Year Of Birth, 1917
2. Nationality, Ukrainian
3. Since What Time In Red Army, 1938.
4. Party Membership, Member VKLSM
5. Participation In War (Where, When), Participant in Patriotic War against German Fascism
6. Had Which Wounds And Contusions, Not Had.
7. Has which awards (for which distinction), Chest Badge "Excellent RKKA".
8. Which Regional Military Commissariat Called, Tul'chinsk, Vinnitskaja Oblast
Supervising a platoon of audio scouts. For the period from 27th January to 14th February 1942 provided a spot on 15 enemy batteries, of which 6 were suppressed by our artillery fire.
2nd October 1941 during the withdrawal of the regiment to new positions with a group of fighters courageously and fearlessly for 12 hours held back an onslaught of superior forces of German-Fascist troops. Allowing retreating units to the new positions. Only after the order to retreat did he leave his occupied position.
Commander Of The Regiment Major Zhigarev
Military Commissar Of The Regiment Battalion Commissar Tsesis
A rather short but solid citation for action during the last great push of Operation Barbarossa. His solid and unwavering defence came over 6 months before Stalin's Order #227 "No Step Back!". A very "Defence of Moscow" award.
1. Family, Name And Patronym, Burlak, Petr Savel'evich
2. Rank, Guards Senior Lieutenant
3. Position, Unit, Platoon Commander, 2nd Battery Of Audio Scouts, Artillery Scout Section, 19th Army Guards Cannon-Artillery Brigade
Presented for Order "Red Star".
4. Year Of Birth, 1917
5. Nationality, Ukrainian
6. Party Membership, Member VKP(B) since 1941.
7. Participation in the Civil War, subsequent military activity in defence of the USSR and Patriotic War /where, when/ Patriotic War since 1941
8. Had Which Wounds And Contusions, Not Had.
9. Since What Time In Red Army, 1938.
10. Which Regional Military Commissariat Called, Tul'chinsk, Vinnitskaja Oblast
11. Has which awards (for which distinction), Medal "For Combat Merits" Artillery 30th Army #012 of 28th April 1942.
Petition for awarding of the Order"Red Star". Platoon Commander, 2nd Battery Of Audio Scouts, Guards Senior Lieutenant Burlak P. S. for that in the battle breaking through defences at the outskirts of Ludza and Rēzekne replaced the commander of the battery with skilful and brave actions managed to provide reconnaissance on a group of enemy artillery and its suppressing by means of the battery of audio scouts.
22nd July 1944 making the selection and deployment of sounders before the town of Ludza Comrade Burlak had within two hours performed his work under artillery and mortar fire. His personal example inspired fighters to perform combat tasks that contributed to a timely reconnaissance and completion of objectives.
As a result, for the period of one day in conditions of intensive fire exposure was the scouting of 17 enemy artillery batteries and a section of guns and providing correct fire on them. In the battle of 25th-26th July 1944 Comrade Burlak risked his life under gun and mortar fire personally working at a post warning and providing a spot on 6 enemy artillery batteries and providing correct fire upon them during a period of advance of our infantry.
Commander Artillery Scout Section Guards Captain Makarov.
1st August 1944
Line Platoon Commander, Artillery Scout Section, 19th Army Guards Cannon-Artillery Brigade Guards Senior Lieutenant Burlak, Petr Savel'evich Order Of The Red Star.
1. Year Of Birth, 1917
2. Nationality, Ukrainian
3. Since What Time In RKKA, 1938.
4. Party Membership, Member VKLSM
5. Participation In War, 1941 Patriotic War (Western Front, 2nd Baltic Front)
6. Wounds And Contusions, April 1943 Contused
7. Awards, Medal "For Combat Merits" Artillery 30th Army #012 of 28th April 1942.
8. Which Regional Military Commissariat Called, Tul'chinsk, Vinnitskaja Oblast
5th August 1944 posted to a reconnaissance battery in support of the activity of our infantry. Artillery-Mortar fire time after time cut communication from the central station and posts.
Guards Senior Lieutenant Burlak, being in the most hazardous and under fire areas, his example showed others how to repair communication and working in positions ignoring danger to life performing against enemy scouts. Thanks to his selfless dedication the main objectives were spotted and suppressed by the fire of our section. Therefore allowing our infantry to advance forward.
7th August 1944 breaking for the river Kuja the enemy fired on our protruding units. While the regiment was under rifle-machine-gun fire Comrade Burlak directed the use of combat order getting reconnaissance on 2 150mm and 10 105mm enemy batteries
Worthy of awarding of the governmental award Order Red Star.
The Army journal for 2nd October 1941 shows a very difficult situation. The first line of the day's entry is "Active German Offensive". The Army's journal also stops recording after 3rd October.
