02-20-2009, 10:09 PM
Thanks Brendan, Pavlo and Alexei!:thumbsup
Award Card
1. Last name: Komissarov
2. Name and patrionymic: Arsenii Fedorovich
3. Rank: Major
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: March 1902
6. Birthplace: Yaroslav Oblast, Volodarskii Region, village of Orda
7. Party membership: since 1926
8. Education: mid-level
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Time in Red Army: 4.1920-1.1922, 4.1924-10.1926, and since June 1941
11. Place of service at awarding: HQ, 48 Rifle Corps – Corps Political Section Lecturer
12. Place of work at present: same
13. Home address: Lvov, Snopkovskaya St. #32, Apt. 7
14. Awards:
Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization
CSM 378.332 172 Rifle Regiment [trans: sic, “Regiment” should read
“Division”] dated 24.1.43
Red Star 413.195 53 Army dated 13.12.43
OPW II 240.364 52 Army dated 23.9.44
OPW I 231.650 52 Army dated 8.6.45
Verified by Chief of the 48 Rifle Corps Personnel on 6 December 1945
Award Sheet
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Komissarov, Arsenii Fedorovich
2. Rank: Captain
3. Duty position: Senior Instructor – Political Section for Agitation and Propaganda, 172 Rifle Regiment
Recommendation for the Combat Service Medal
4. Born: 1902
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: since 1926
7. Combat in Great Patriotic War: since June 1941
8. Wounds or shell-shock: none
9. Time in Red Army: 1920-1922, 1924-1926, and since 1941
10. Inducted by: Tomsk Municipal Military Commissariat
11. Previous awards: n/a
12. Home of record: Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk, Ravensto St. #2, Apt. 7
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
During offensive operations Comrade Komissarov positions himself in the combat units. He conducted political work, motivating the soldiers and creating in them a hatred for the enemy. On the 14th under combat conditions, Comrade Komissarov conducted a series of [trans: word missing, but some kind of propaganda work], popularizing soldier-heroes. Everyone was energized to accomplish the combat mission.
Signed, Commander, Colonel Sorokin and Chief of Staff Lyaskovskii of the 172 Rifle Division
Conclusion of the Army Military Council
He is deserving of the Combat Service Medal.
Signed Commander, 6 Army, General-Lieutenant F. Kharitonov and Member of the Military Council General-Major V. Klokov(?) on 21 January 1943
SECRET
Order 06/N of the 6th Army dated 24 January 1943
I award the following decorations on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR for exemplary accomplishment of the Command’s combat missions in the fight with the German invaders and for displaying valor and bravery:
The Combat Service Medal
10. Captain Arsenii Fedorovich Komissarov – Senior Instructor, Political Section for Agitation and Propaganda, 172 Rifle Division
Award Card
1. Last name: Komissarov
2. Name and patrionymic: Arsenii Fedorovich
3. Rank: Major
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: March 1902
6. Birthplace: Yaroslav Oblast, Volodarskii Region, village of Orda
7. Party membership: since 1926
8. Education: mid-level
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Time in Red Army: 4.1920-1.1922, 4.1924-10.1926, and since June 1941
11. Place of service at awarding: HQ, 48 Rifle Corps – Corps Political Section Lecturer
12. Place of work at present: same
13. Home address: Lvov, Snopkovskaya St. #32, Apt. 7
14. Awards:
Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization
CSM 378.332 172 Rifle Regiment [trans: sic, “Regiment” should read
“Division”] dated 24.1.43
Red Star 413.195 53 Army dated 13.12.43
OPW II 240.364 52 Army dated 23.9.44
OPW I 231.650 52 Army dated 8.6.45
Verified by Chief of the 48 Rifle Corps Personnel on 6 December 1945
Award Sheet
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Komissarov, Arsenii Fedorovich
2. Rank: Captain
3. Duty position: Senior Instructor – Political Section for Agitation and Propaganda, 172 Rifle Regiment
Recommendation for the Combat Service Medal
4. Born: 1902
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: since 1926
7. Combat in Great Patriotic War: since June 1941
8. Wounds or shell-shock: none
9. Time in Red Army: 1920-1922, 1924-1926, and since 1941
10. Inducted by: Tomsk Municipal Military Commissariat
11. Previous awards: n/a
12. Home of record: Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk, Ravensto St. #2, Apt. 7
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
During offensive operations Comrade Komissarov positions himself in the combat units. He conducted political work, motivating the soldiers and creating in them a hatred for the enemy. On the 14th under combat conditions, Comrade Komissarov conducted a series of [trans: word missing, but some kind of propaganda work], popularizing soldier-heroes. Everyone was energized to accomplish the combat mission.
Signed, Commander, Colonel Sorokin and Chief of Staff Lyaskovskii of the 172 Rifle Division
Conclusion of the Army Military Council
He is deserving of the Combat Service Medal.
Signed Commander, 6 Army, General-Lieutenant F. Kharitonov and Member of the Military Council General-Major V. Klokov(?) on 21 January 1943
SECRET
Order 06/N of the 6th Army dated 24 January 1943
I award the following decorations on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR for exemplary accomplishment of the Command’s combat missions in the fight with the German invaders and for displaying valor and bravery:
The Combat Service Medal
10. Captain Arsenii Fedorovich Komissarov – Senior Instructor, Political Section for Agitation and Propaganda, 172 Rifle Division
