Temporary Award Card indicates Private Akish Sadavayev, a digger in the 377th Land Military Construction Works was awarded Medal for Combat Service #494382 by decree 039/N of 18.9.1943 for combat with the German invaders. Born 1911 in the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic.
Award Card
Medal Booklet: B-991917
1. Last name: Sadavaev
2. Name and patronymic: Akish
3. Rank: Private
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: 1911
6. Birthplace: Kyrgyz SSR, Issyk-Kol Region, Jeti-Oguz District, Village of Ktaj
7. Party membership: Not a member
8. Education: Lower
9. Nationality: Kyrgyz
10. Time in Red Army: From 25.7.1942 to 6.12.1945
11. Place of service at awarding: Sapper, 122nd Military Construction Detachment, 38th Military field construction command. 129 Rifle Corps. 2nd Belorussian Front
12. Place of work at present: Director of the Jeti-Oguz District Machine Tractor Station, Kyrgyz SSR, Issyk-Kol Region
13. Home address: Kyrgyz SSR, Issyk-Kol Region, Jeti-Oguz District, Village of Ktaj, Village of Kenesh
14. Awards:
Name of the Order of Medal Serial Number Document Number Grounds of Awarding
Order of the Red Star 2700762 Order Booklet B991917 Decree of the 129th Rifle Corps, No/056/N of 25.7.1945
Signature of the awardee: [signed]
Verified by the Military Commisar of the Issyk-Kol Region
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Sadavaev Akish
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position: Digger, 227th Field Military Construction Works, 27th Defence Construction Section
Recommendation for the Medal for Combat Service
4. Born: 1911
5. Nationality: Kyrgyz
6. Party membership: Not a member
7. Previous combat: In Stalingrad from August 1942 to September 1942
8. Wounds or shell-shock: None
9. In Red Army: Since August 1941
10. Inducted by: Zhibaguzh Region Military Commissariat, Kyrgyz SSR
11. Previous awards: None
12. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
Comrade Sadavaev, whilst working as a digger on the construction of a defensive line on the Don River displays examples of Stakhanovite* work, every day he systematically digs out of at least 30 cubic meters of earth. He enjoys great prestige among the men of his brigade, he exemplifies Stakhanovite work methods of which he passes on to his comrades and all of his strength and ability results in a quick execution of his work to a high quality.
For high performance in his work, he deserves a governmental award.
Signed Chief of the 99th Field Military Construction Control
Engineer-Major / [signed] / Tel’yants
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Sadavaev Akish
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position: Sapper. 122nd Field Military Construction Works
Recommendation for the Order of the Red Star
4. Born: 1911
5. Nationality: Kyrgyz
6. Party membership: Not a member
7. Previous combat: Since June 1941 on the Southwest, Bryansk, Don, Steppe and Belorussian Fronts
8. Wounds or shell-shock: None
9. In Red Army: Lightly wounded in November 1941 on the Southwestern Front
10. Inducted by: Zhibaguzh Region Military Commissariat, Kyrgyz SSR
11. Previous awards: Medal for Combat Service by Decree of the Steppe Front of 18th November 1943 No.039/N
12. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
Comrade Sadavaev whilst working on the construction of the first line of defense in the area of Kladoff-Kenigsberg, demonstrated record levels in work whilst digging trenches, working with his “face mining” method ", he covered thirty to thirty five meters a shift, the normal rate being ten meters.
Comrade Sadavaev selflessly exceeds his allocation in the digging of hiding places for tanks despite the difficult circumstances. Taking a proactive approach in the method of land development, Comrade Sadabaev operates with multiple shovels, depending on ground conditions.
For taking the initiative and in regards to the extremely high performance of his tasks, he is worthy of the government award the “Order of the Red Star".
Commander of the 122nd Military Construction Detachment
Engineer Major / [signed] / Ilin
Nice to see a "digger" get an award (although not the usual type of digger we think of in the Commonwealth).
I knew a chap like this once. In the morning someone would point at a spot and tell him "dig that way" and then at the end of the day someone would have to go and tell him to stop digging.
Hopefully the ground was nice and soft alluvial soil and not shale. Digging a hole of 30 cubic metres of shale every day would certainly deserve a higher award.
