Glory III,493391,Sniper,546th Rifle Regiment,191st Red Banner Rifle Division

[ANZAC]

For those of you who are into snipers:)

Brendan



Documents pertaining to Order of Glory III Class #493.391

1. Award card

Order booklet A 676409
1. Last name: Chukhin
2. Name and Patrionymic: Aleksandr Petrovich
3. Rank: Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Birthyear: May 1923
6. Birthplace: Vologodskaya Oblast, Kirillovskii Region, village of Korovino
7. Party Membership: n/a
8. Education: elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Service in the Red Army: 2.42-1.44
11. Place of service and duty position at time of awarding: 546th Rifle Regiment, 199th Rifle Division, 59th Army, Volkhov Front; Scout
12. Place of service and duty position at the current time: Chelyabinsk, Depot - Fire Stoker
13. Home of Record: Chelyabinsk, Military Base, Barracks #18
14. Awards

Award Serial Number Awarder
Glory III 493.391 Edict dated 21.2.45
Victory over Germany Medal Edict dated 9.5.45

Verified 12 June 1947

2. Award Citation

Award Sheet

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Chukhin, Aleksandr Petrovich
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position: Sniper, 191st Red Banner Rifle Division, 546th Rifle Regiment, 4th Company

Application for the Order of Glory III Class

4. Birthyear: 1923
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Time in the Red Army: 1.2.42-7.1.44
7. Party membership: candidate member
8. Participation in combat: Volkhov Front 3.8.42-19.8.43
9. Wounds or contusions: 19.8.43 seriously wounded in stomach, right shoulder, and right leg and lightly wounded in head
10. Earlier Awards: n/a
11. Inducted by: Kirillov Regional Military Commissariat, Vologodskaya Oblast
12. Home of record: village of Kurakino, Kirillovskii Region, Vologodskaya Oblast

Short description of personal combat feat or service

Private Aleksandr Petrovich Chukhin was a sniper in the 546th Rifle Regiment, 191st Red Banner Rifle Division from 5.8.42 through 19.8.43 and personally killed fifteen German soldiers. He was wounded twice while fighting to liberate the Motherland.
Accomplishing the command’s mission to seize a prisoner for interrogation on 19.8.43 on the Volkhov Axis, he was seriously wounded by explosive bullets in the stomach, right shoulder blade, and right leg. His wounds are verified by Evacuation Hospital #1362.
For displaying bravery on behalf of the Motherland in destroying the German occupiers and receiving a serious wound, I am applying for Private Aleksandr Petrovich to be awarded the Order of Glory III Class.

Signed Kirillov Regional Military Commissariat official, Captain Klubkov
Endorsed Vologodskaya Oblast Military Commissariat, Guards Lieutenant Colonel Kryuchkov on 8 August 1944

Endorsed Commander of the Arkhangelsk Military District, General-LieutenantShevaldin and Member of the Military Council, General-Major Chum(?) on 14 August 1944

Awarded the Order of Glory III Class by Edict of the Supreme Soviet USSR dated 21.2.1945

[latinmajorac]

That is a pretty cool citation all in all. snipers are so interesting!:thumbsup:thumbsup

[Auke]

Very cool! :thumbsup

[Tommy]

Documents pertaining to Order of Glory III Class #493.391

1. Award card

Order booklet A 676409

1. Last name: Chukhin

2. Name and Patrionymic: Aleksandr Petrovich

3. Rank: Private

4. Sex: Male

5. Birthyear: May 1923

6. Birthplace: Vologodskaya Oblast, Kirillovskii Region, village of Korovino

7. Party Membership: n/a

8. Education: elementary

9. Nationality: Russian

10. Service in the Red Army: 2.42-1.44

11. Place of service and duty position at time of awarding: 546 th Rifle Regiment, 199 th Rifle Division, 59 th Army, Volkhov Front; Scout

12. Place of service and duty position at the current time: Chelyabinsk, Depot -Fire Stoker

13. Home of Record: Chelyabinsk, Military Base, Barracks #18

14. Awards

Award Serial Number Awarder

Glory III 493.391 Edict dated 21.2.45

Victory over Germany Medal Edict dated 9.5.45

Verified 12 June 1947

[Tommy]

2. Award Citation

Award Sheet

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Chukhin, Aleksandr Petrovich

2. Rank: Private

3. Duty position: Sniper, 191 st Red Banner Rifle Division, 546 th Rifle Regiment, 4 th Company

Application for the Order of Glory III Class

4. Birthyear: 1923

5. Nationality: Russian

6. Time in the Red Army: 1.2.42-7.1.44

7. Party membership: candidate member

8. Participation in combat: Volkhov Front 3.8.42-19.8.43

9. Wounds or contusions: 19.8.43 seriously wounded in stomach, right shoulder, and right leg and lightly wounded in head

10. Earlier Awards: n/a

11. Inducted by: Kirillov Regional Military Commissariat, Vologodskaya Oblast

12. Home of record: village of Kurakino, Kirillovskii Region, Vologodskaya Oblast

Short description of personal combat feat or service

Private Aleksandr Petrovich Chukhin was a sniper in the 546 th Rifle Regiment, 191 st Red Banner Rifle Division from 5.8.42 through 19.8.43 and personally killed fifteen German soldiers. He was wounded twice while fighting to liberate the Motherland.

Accomplishing the command’s mission to seize a prisoner for interrogation on 19.8.43 on the Volkhov Axis, he was seriously wounded by explosive bullets in the stomach, right shoulder blade, and right leg. His wounds are verified by Evacuation Hospital #1362.

For displaying bravery on behalf of the Motherland in destroying the German occupiers and receiving a serious wound, I am applying for Private Aleksandr Petrovich to be awarded the Order of Glory III Class.

Signed Kirillov Regional Military Commissariat official, Captain Klubkov

Endorsed Vologodskaya Oblast Military Commissariat, Guards Lieutenant Colonel Kryuchkov on 8 August 1944

Endorsed Commander of the Arkhangelsk Military District, General-LieutenantShevaldin and Member of the Military Council, General-Major Chum(?) on 14 August 1944

Awarded the Order of Glory III Class by Edict of the Supreme Soviet USSR dated 21.2.1945







Pics used with permission, my thanks and best wishes to the previous owner!

Tom

[Tommy]

Am i right in thinking that he was fighting in/around Leningrad?

[Bill Garvy]

Full view of the above translated citation and notation of awarding of an Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class, 1985 Jubilee Issue, from the archive.

[matteti]

Am i right in thinking that he was fighting in/around Leningrad?

Hi Tommy!

It's interesting that you are asking about this because, according to Poirier's book, the 191st Rifle Division "may have been on the Leningrad Front" between 1942-1943. While the book has details for 1941, 1944, and 1945, it's unclear about the exact location in 1942 and 1943.

As for the 59th Army, the book just mentions "Volkhov Front" for that period 1942-1944.

Here are more details about the 191st Rifle Division and what units it belonged at different dates:
- July-August 1941: North Front
- September-October 1941: Leningrad Front, as part of 8th Army
- November-December 1941: with 4th Independant Army (not assigned to a specific Front)
- January 1942: Volkhov Front, as part of 4th Army
- February 1942-February 1943: Volkhov Front, as part of 2nd Shock Army
- From March 1943: Volkhov Front, as part of the 59th Army
- From September 1943, was part of 14 Rifle Corps, in 59th Army, Volkhov Front

Now you may be able to find some maps showing more precise locations of any of those units. Good luck! :thumbsup

[matteti]

It seems he would not have fought directly in Leningrad, but around it and was particularly involved in the "Operation Iskra", which succeeded in opening a land corridor to Leningrad from the Southern shore of Lake Ladoga (see Operation Iskra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

As for maps, the 191st Rifle Division is identified on those two maps as of January 1943:
- http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/m...kra_43.jpg
- http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/m...-30_43.jpg

[Auke]

From Charles C. Sharp's order of battle series:

[...] From early 1942 until February 1944 the 191st Rifle Division was in the Volkhov Front, mostly under the 59th Army near Novgorod. However, in January 1943 it was assigned to the 2nd Shock Army for the "Istra" Offensive that broke open a land route back into Leningrad. [...]