Glory III,792221,Rifleman,815th Rifle Regiment,Wounds 1979

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Record card

Order Booklet nr. I-355143

1. Last name: Mariyamidze
2. First name and patronymic: Ilya Iosifovich
3. Military rank: Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1921
6. Place of birth: Georgian SSR, Gori Region, village of Karbi
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a party member
8. Education: Upper
9. Nationality: Georgian
10. Since which year in the Soviet Army: Beginning 9.1942
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and duty position at the time of the award: 815th Rifle Regiment – Rifleman
12. Current place of service and duty position: Village of Karbi middle school - teacher
13. Home address of the awardee: Georgian SSR, Gori Region, village of Karbi
14. Record of all awards presented:

Order of Glory, 3rd Class 792221 I-355143 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 1, 1979

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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



Georgian SSR Military Commissar
Colonel [signed] / Sharash(?) /
September 1, 1979

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Award sheet

[Stamped abbreviation for “Transcaucasus Military District” and “Order of Glory, 3rd Class” ]


1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Mariyamidze, Ilya Iosifovich
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position and unit: Rifleman – 815th Rifle Regiment
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1921
5. Nationality: Georgian
6. Party affiliation: Not a party member
7. Participation in combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Transcaucasus Front September 1942 through 26 February 1943 in the 815th Rifle Regiment
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Wounded 26.02.1943
9. Since when in the Soviet Armed Forces: since September 1942
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Gori Regional Military Commissariat, Gori, Georgian SSR
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: village of Karbi, Gori Region, Georgian SSR

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

From September 1942 through February 1943 he actively participated on the frontlines of the Great Patriotic War in the Transcaucasus Front, 815th Rifle Regiment as a rifleman.

He participated in fighting for the Marukhskii and Glukhorskii mountain passes. In the beginning of February his regiment was transferred to Gelendzhik and did a naval landing on the “Malaya Zemlya” as part of the 18th Army.

He participated in the liberation of Novorosiisk, however near the Cement Factory he received a shrapnel wound to his left thigh on 26 February 1943. As a result he was hospitalized in Baku. This wounding is verified by Wound Certificate #3630 dated 7 May 1943 issued by the chief of Evacuation Hospital #1545.

Comrade I.I. Mariyamidze works at present in the village of Karbi, Gori Region, Georgian SSR as an eighth-grade mathematics teacher. He has positive work evaluations.
His absence of any awards is verified by the Ministry of Defense Personnel Directorate correspondence #173/6/141517 dated 10 March 1978.

Party, local, and KGB organs do not dispute this award recommendation.

Conclusion: He is deserving of the Order of the Red Star for active participation in the Great Patriotic War and for having received a wound while fighting for the Motherland.



Military Commissar of the Gori Combined Municipal Military Commissariat
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Avaliani /
June 30, 1978


He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Military commissar of the Georgian SSR
Major General [signed] / Murusidze /
October 4, 1978




The award sheet has been reviewed positively by the Transcaucasus Military District Military Committee Decision nr. 12 of October 18, 1978


He deserves to be awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.

Commander of the Transcaucasus Military District
General-Colonel [signed] / O. Kulishev /
October 26, 1978


Agreed to by Georgian Communist Party Central Committee
Deputy Chief of Administration
October 2, 1978

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Мариямидзе, Илья Иосифович ' OGIII

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Marukhskii pass = Мару́хский перева́л (2748 м)
(მარუხის უღელტეხილი)
43°21′59″ N 41°22′45″ E

Glukhorskii pass =Клухорский перевал (2781 м)
43°14′39″ N 41°51′55″ E


Gelendzhik = Геленджик
44°33′00″ N 38°05′00″ E


Malaya Zemlya (Russian: Малая Земля, lit. "Minor Land") was a Soviet uphill outpost on Cape Myskhako (Russian: Мысхако) that was recaptured after fierce, bloody battles with the Germans during the Battle of Caucasus, on the night of 4 February 1943. The episode paved way for a Soviet attack on German forces in Novorossiysk.
Cape Myskhako is still associated with a heroic stand made by the 800-strong contingent of the Soviet Naval Infantry against the Germans during the Second World War. The special forces were dropped during winter high storms by the Soviet Black Sea Fleet. After the unsuccessful landing attempt at Malajia Ozereevka. The landing at Malaya Zemlya was supposed to be a decoy, but after the landing at Bolshaia Ozereevka was lost in an ambush, the offensive plan was reworked and the landing site at Malaya Zemlya was made the main landing location. Upon landing to secure the beachhead they came under furious German counter-offensive, that utilized both the ground and airforces. (Wikipedia)

Мысхако = Myskhako
44°39′33″ N 37°45′47″ E


Новороссийск = Novorossiysk
44°43′N 37°46′E


Map of the naval landing operation on Cape Myskhako

Карты и схемы из Советской Военной Энциклопедии Советская военная энциклопедия (Под ред. Гречко А.А. - М.: Воениздат, 1976-80 гг., в 8-и томах) (Т.1, С.484b)

[EricFG]

Does it seem that thigh wound kept him out for the rest of the war?
It seems to be a bit disappointing to see an OG3, and almost a RS, awarded for just a wound and time served. Are many of the 'catch up' awards for stuff like that?

[Pobeda45]

It's a nice writeup, nicer than most of the period too. Brezhnev described his experiences there in his (entirely ghost written) book called Novaya Zemlya.

It's not a catch up award though, catch up usually means that the decree or "prikaz" was issued in the 1940s but the award was issued later. This is a wound award, waves of which were authorized by decrees of the Supreme Soviet starting right after the war. Combat Service, Bravery, Glory awards are common. Red Star, Patriotic War wound awards occur too--mostly for officers and for more serious injuries. ("invalidnost" status/different classifications of a disabled veteran)
I have a Red Banner wound award for a poor fellow who was a BT-5 Tank Lieutenant and lost both arms and an eye in 1941. Because he was both and officer and because the wounding was so severe, the award was accordingly high.
I think it's nice these guys got the recognition for their sacrifice..but most didn't, for example my grandfather never raised the award issue with his Voenkomat despite having been wounded 3 times.

Cheers, George