For Bravery,3563105,Rifleman,287th Rifle Regiment,Catch-Up 1954

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Record card

Certificate nr. D-836943

1. Last name: Samotei
2. First name and patronymic: Ivan Grigoryevich
3. Military rank: Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1921
6. Place of birth: Village of Vishnevo, Dolinskaya Raion, Odessa Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a party member
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Soviet Army: From April 1944 to June 1946
11. Place of service (name of unit) and duty position at the time of the awarding: Rifleman in the 287th Guards Rifle Regiment
12. Current place of service and duty position: Kolkhoz farmer in the Stalin Kolkhoz
13. Home address of the awardee: Village of Vishnevo, Dolinskaya Raion, Odessa Oblast
14: Record of all awards presented:

Medal for Bravery 3563105 Permanent certificate nr. D-836943 Order of the 287th Guards Rifle Regiment nr. 026/N of June 20, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Germany Unnumbered Permanent certificate nr. O-027485 Decree of May 9, 1945



Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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

Military commissar of the Dolinskaya Raion
Colonel [signed] / Vasilyev /
September 22, 1954

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Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order nr. 026/N

Of the 287th Guards Silesia Order of Aleksandr Nevsky Rifle Regiment, 95th Guards Poltava Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Division

June 20, 1945 – Active Army

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, I award:

The Medal for Bravery to:

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34. Ivan Grigoryevich Samotei, Guards Private, rifleman in the 1st Rifle Battalion

On April 6, 1945, during the offensive towards Thomaskirch Station, he was the first to proceed to the attack and directed the men to execute the assigned mission. Storming into a village, he threw grenades into a house containing Hitlerites.

Born in 1921, Ukrainian, not a party member, drafted into the Red Army on April 20, 1944 by the military commissariat of the Valeogotsulovsky Raion, Odessa Oblast. Not decorated previously. Lightly wounded on February 7, 1945 and evacuated to the medical unit.
Home address: village of Grekovo-1, Valeogotsulovsky Raion, Odessa Oblast. Father: Grigory Andreyevich Samotei.

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Commander of the 287th Guards Silesia Order of Aleksandr Nevsky Rifle Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Yeryomin /

Chief of staff
Guards Major [signed] / Samorukov /

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Самотей, Иван Григорьевич ' Medal for Bravery

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Thomaskirch = Domaniów a village in Oława County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Domaniów. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately 13 kilometres west of Oława, and 27 kilometres south of the regional capital Wrocław. (wikipedia)

50°53′38″N 17°07′44″E


NB: The date mentioned in the citation is wrong (April 6), Thomaskirch was taken on February 6, 1945