Award sheet
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1. Last name, first name and patronymic:
Tsevelidze, Pavel Dmitriyevich
2. Rank: Guards Senior Sergeant
3. Duty position and unit: Gun commander in the 2nd Battery of the 271st Guards Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
Nominated for: Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class
4. Year of birth: 1917
5. Nationality: Georgian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol since 1939
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Has been participating in the Patriotic War since August 1941 with the Bryansk, Voronezh, Southwestern and 3rd Ukrainian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since October 1939
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Gori Raion, Georgian SSR
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee or his family: Village of Kelktseuli, Gori Raion, Georgian SSR. Father: Dmitry Pavlovich Tsevelidze
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:
Comrade Tsevelidze has been serving in the Active Army since August 1941 and has been with the regiment since its formation in June 1942.
He participated in combat near Bryansk, Karachev, Yelets and Voronezh during both the winter campaign of 1942 and the summer campaign of 1943.
In combat he showed himself a brave and courageous Red Army commander, capable of taking initiatives and dedicated to the cause of the liberation of the Soviet motherland.
On August 16, 1943 our aircraft carried out a bombing mission on the foremost enemy defense lines. When our Il-2s were returning after having released their bombs, they were attacked by enemy Me-109 fighters. Comrade Tsevelidze opened fire at the attacking enemy aircraft in a timely manner, and after his third salvo shot down 1 Me-109, which was blocking the flight back of our bombers.
During the same battle on August 16, 1943, enemy aircraft carried out a converging attack on our troops’ combat formations. Warding off the enemy aerial attack under enemy artillery, mortar and machine gun fire, comrade Tsevelidze personally led the artillery fire of his gun and shot down 1 Ju-87.
On October 23, 1943, while covering our returning bombers with artillery fire, he shot down 1 Me-109 through his accurate fire.
All in all, the gun crew under the command of Guards Senior Sergeant Tsevelidze shot down 4 enemy aircraft.
He absolutely deserves to be nominated for the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class.
Commander of the 271st Guards Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Nikitin/
December 7, 1943
He deserves to be nominated for the Order of Patriotic War, 1st Class.
Deputy Commander of the artillery for the Air Defense Forces of the 8th Guards Army
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Desnitsky/
He deserves the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Commander of the artillery of the 8th Guards Army
Guards Major General of Artillery [signed] /N. Pozharsky/
December 23, 1943
I award the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Commander of the 8th Guards Army
Guards Colonel General [signed] /V. Chuikov/
Member of the Military Council
Guards Major General [signed] /Doronin/
January 31, 1944
