For Bravery,0814693,Squad Leader,47th Railway Brigade,Bridging The Dnepr

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Here is the Medal "For Bravery" #814693.

An honest railway award. I just can't get enough of the railway awards.

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Research shows Gluhov also received two Red Stars and a OPW1 '85.


Award Card
Order Booklet 772895
1. Last name: Gluhov
2. Name and patronymic: Grigorij Grigor'evich
3. Rank: Sergeant
4. Gender: Male
5. Birth year: 1912
6. Birthplace: village of Visly, Donkovsk Region, Rjazan Oblast
7. Party membership: n/a
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Time in Red Army: 1934-1937, 14.11.1941-5.11.1945
11. Place of service at awarding: 47th Railway Brigade – Commander Separate Platoon
12. Place of work at present: Temporarily unemployed
13. Home address: Mobliko, Moscow Oblast, Pererva Square, Building 15, Apartment 3
14. Awards:
Designation Serial Number Awarding Organisation
For Bravery 814.693 47 Railway Brigade dated 20.1.1944
Red Star 1.196.547 47 Railway Brigade dated 25.4.1945
Verified by Moblinsk Municipal Military Commissariat Major Dorodnij on 9th December 1945

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1. Last name, name, and patronymic: Gluhov, Grigorij Grigor'evich
2. Rank: Sergeant
3. Duty position: Commander Of Detachment – 2 Company, 30th Bridging Railway Battalion, 47th Railway Brigade
Recommendation for the Medal "For Bravery".
4. Born: 1912
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: n/a
7. Previous combat: May 1942 – Crimean Front; June-September 1942 Transcaucasus and Northern Caucasus Front; October 1942-January 1943 Stalingrad and Don Fronts; February 1943-Southern Front; September-November 1943 Steppe Front; and since 20th November 1943 on the 2nd Ukrainian Front
8. Wounds or shell-shock: n/a
9. Time in Red Army: since 24 October 1941
10. Inducted by: Voskresenskij Regional Military Commissariat, Rjazan Oblast
11. Previous awards: n/a
12. Home of record: Rjazan Oblast, Dalnovskij Region, Ivanovskij Selsovet
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
During the restoration of the bridges at the 104km marker, 244 km marker and across the Dniepr River, has proven his organisational abilities, high discipline and selflessness.
At the 104km bridge, the placement of heavy, 14-metre beams was finished twelve hours ahead of schedule.
Despite all this, Gluhov’s squad worked two days without a break. At the 244km bridge, Sergeant Gluhov placed beams and used well-reasoned methods, thus shortening the project by completion sixteen hours ahead of schedule. At the bridge across the Dniepr, Sergeant Gluhov’s soldiers worked four days straight, finishing the placement two days ahead of schedule, completing their requirements by 800%.
Comrade Gluhov’s bold and decisive actions in reconstruction have placed his squad in first place in the battalion.
For initiative, energy, decisiveness during the accomplishment of State missions, Sergeant Gluhov is deserving of the Medal "For Bravery".
Signed Commander, 30th Bridging Railway Battalion, Major Perov January 1944
Endorsed Brigade Commander Pirogov 18th January 1944
Awarded the Medal "For Bravery" by Order 09/N of the 47th Railway Brigade 20th January 1944.


Unfortunately the citation does not state which Dniepr Railway Bridge was being worked on by Gluhov. I believe that there were 14 reconstructed or constructed during the war. I will have a read up on the 47th Railway Brigade to see if I can pinpoint the bridge in question.

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The 47th Railway Brigade spent 11th December 1943 to 12th January 1944 bridging the Dniepr at Kremenchuk with a railway bridge 990 metres in length, replacing the bridge which was destroyed during the German advance in 1941. This looks to be the bridge in question.

The bridge was then "reconstructed" by a team of 3,000 labourers between 1947 and 1949 to look more like the original bridge, although bigger. Here is the current Krjukivs'kij Bridge that is 1.2km in length. No doubt following the railway eastwards will expose the other two bridges mentioned.

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If we take Har'kov/Harkiv as point 0km, the bridge at 244kms would be this Railway Bridge over the Psel river between Scherbaki and Kijashki.

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Here is an update on the citation.