Award sheet
1. Last name, first name and patronymic:
Bliznyuk, Tikhon Petrovich
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position and unit: Disabled of the 3rd category. Driver at the machine and tractor station of the village of Studeniki, Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky Raion
Nominated for: Medal for Bravery
4. Year of birth: 1918
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Not a party member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): In the Patriotic War with the Leningrad Front from June 29, 1941 to April 7, 1944
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Severely wounded on April 7, 1944 near the village of Kiseli
9. Since when in the Soviet Army: From 1938 to October 1940 and from 1941 to June 1944
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Pereyaslav Raion, Kiev Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): Medal for the Defense of Leningrad
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Village of Studeniki, Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky Raion, Kiev Oblast, family lives there too
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:
Comrade Bliznyuk served at the front for a long period of time. A driver in the 262nd Artillery Regiment of the 2nd Artillery Division, 59th Army, Leningrad Front, he brought ammunition and rations to the front line. On April 7, 1944 comrade Bliznyuk was severely wounded near the city of Pskov. When he was bringing a field kitchen with hot breakfast to the 1st Battalion of the artillery regiment, he was caught under heavy fire and severely wounded by an exploding mine. The kitchen with breakfast wasn’t harmed and was delivered sound to its destination.
He deserves to be nominated for the Medal for Bravery.
Military commissar of the Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky Raion
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Peredia/
August 24, 1944
He deserves to be awarded the Medal for Bravery.
Military commissar of the Kiev Oblast
Colonel [signed] /Kapsheyev/
September 23, 1944
He deserves to be awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Commander of the district
Lieutenant General [signed] /Gerasimenko/
Member of the Military Council of the district
Major General [signed] /P. Kulakov/
October 19, 1944
