Dbrovskij, Iosif Mоiseevich, Lieutenant Colonel, Veterinary Field Hopital

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A small doc. group to a military vet, awarded a CSM and CSM, ORS and ORB as long service awards.

His 1955 Reserve officer booklet with phoograph.
Rank given as lt. col., veterinary personnel, 3rd category reserves and last duty given as deputy chief of veterinary field hospital.

Born on 16.06.1901 in Chernigov, member of KPSS since 1940, NAtionality - Jewish, NAtive laguage - Russian, No knowledge of foreign languages, comes from the family of city-dwellers-clerks.
Education: Kiev Veterinary-zoology instiute in 1924;
SEnior veterinary personnel ugrade coures in Leningrad in 1934 -8 months and in 1945 in Moscow - 4 months.
Graduated fromEvening University of Marxism-Leninism at Kharkov ODO(?) in 1951 (?)
Civilian speciality - vet;
HAs no scientific titles;
MArried - wife Estra Emmanuelovna Dubrovskaya (born)1903, son Lev born 1928, daughter Leonora born 1935;
Father Mosei ******ich Dubrovskiy born 187?
Mother ??? Leibovna Dubrovskaya 18??

Sevice record:
06.1930-10.1933 - Senior Veteriary dctor.
10.19303-6.1934 - course participant.
6.1934-9.1941 - Senior Veteriary doctor
9.1941-6.1943 - Chief of the field hospital
6.1943-1.1944- senior assistant chief of the Army's veterinary command
1.1944-7.1945 - chief of the veterinary field hospital
7.1945-11.1945 - course participant
11.195-3.1946 - chief of the veterinary field hospital
3.1946-12.1951 - Regiment's Senior Veteriary doctor
12.1951-3.1952 - Veteriary doctor - baceriologist-serologist (?)

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3.1952-2.1955 - chief of treatmen ward.

Sent to the reseves of the VMS according to the order of the commander in cief of the VMS r. 2008 of 21.12.1954, wit right to wear military uniform with special insignia on shoulderboards (idicating reserve).


Paticipation in the GPW:
6.1941-8.1941 - Division's physician - Southern Front
9.1941-6.1943 - chief of veterinary field hospita - Southern Front and South-westernern Front
6.1943-12.1943 - Senior assistant chief of the veterinary command - 3rd Ukrainian Front.


Information on being sent tothe reserve on 10.02.1955 - not sure if because of health problems, exceeding age limit (50 for lt. col., and he was 54) or because of the reduction of Veterinary service (no cavalry at that time in the Army, decreasing number of horses in other branches)

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Awards:
Orders:
ORS - 1945 (long service)
ORB - 1951 (long service)
Medals:
CSM - 1943 (citation below)
CSM - 1944 (long service)
VoG - 1945
30 yrs. of the Soviet Army and Fleet - 1948
30yrs. of victory


In november 1955 the medical commission of the military hospital nr 408 of Kiev Military District found him fit for service with limitations - 2nd grade.


He was given the War veteran ID in 1979

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Freed from military obligation in december 1961

Cover of the booklet

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Order booklet issued in 1946 with privillages since 1943.
Lists 2CSMs, ORS, and ORB added later. The last entry looks like a crude fake, but since he indid got a long service ORB in 1951, i believe it is original.

His 1985 OPW 2 booklet

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50% discount transport talons - starting from 1989, last ones for 1996

The citation:
1.Surname, name, Patronimic: Dubrovskiy Iosif *******ich
2.Rank: Guards Lt. col.
3. Assignment, unit: senior assistant chief of the vet command of the 8th guards army
4.Birth Year: 1901
5. Nationality: Jew
6. Party membership: member of the VKP(b) since 1940
7. Participation in the Civil War, later military actions in defence of the USSR, Patriotic War (when, where): Didn't participate in the Civil War. From 22.06.1944 Southern Front, and since 1.12.1942 - South-western Front
8.Has wounds or contusions in the GPW: doesn't have
9. Since when in the Red Army: since 1930
10. By which RVK called: Volunteer
11.With what awarded before (for what merits): not awarded before
12.Home address of the awardee and his family: (left blank)
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Short, concrete...
Guards colonel of the vet service Dubrovskiy serves in the Red Army since 1930.
In Patriotic War he participates since 22 June 1941 as:
Division veterinary doctor - since peacetime until 1 september 1941.
1 September 1941- 1 June 1943 - Chef of front's veterinary field hospital - Southern Front, South-westernern Front
1 June 1943 - now - Senior assistant chief of the vet command of the 8th guards army.
Comrade Dubrovski in the period of combat actions of 17 June 1941 properly organised treatment work in regiment and divisions field veterinary hospitals, restlessly controlling the work of the veterinary personnel on rendering aid to the wounded horses on the battlefield. Having a great practice of treatment work, comrade Dubrovskiy, with the energy natural to him, passed his experience and knowledge to the personnel of the field hospitals, thus securing the high effectivnes of the treatment process and quick return of the horses to the active units.
Of the number of 3583 horses at treatment in the didisional and regimental field hospitals 3056 were returned into service. Of the Army veterinary field hospitals 369 horses were returned into service, and for the whole operation 3425 horses which is 73% of all wounded.
He is worthy the state award of "Medal for military merits"
19 November 1943 Chief of the Veterinary command of the 8th guards army guards colonel Zhukowskiy.

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Apparently his wife also served during the war,as she also got 1985 OPW2:

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1985 OPW2 info from Podvignaroda.ru

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Now, after over 2 years, an almost miraculous reunification has ocurred - thanks to Desantnik and Bill Garvy, I was able to aquire Dubrovskiy's VoG doc from august 1945.