Kolbasa, Jakov Ivanovich, 45mm Gunner, 79th Guards Rifle Regiment

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A. Information card
Order Booklet No 494699
1. Last name : Kolbasa
2. Name and patronymic: Yakov Ivanovich
3. Rank: soldier from the Red Army Guard
4. Sex: Male
5. Birth year: 1912
6. Birth place: village of Gorodishche, Bereznensky District, Chernigovsky Region
7. Party membership: None
8. Education: Lower
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Joined red army: From 1943 to 1945
11. Place of service and duty position at time of awarding: 79th Guard Separate Regiment of the 26th Guard Rifle Division - Cavalry
12. Place of service at current time: Agricultural worker at the Agricultural Commune (Kolkhoz) "Red partisan" in the village of Gorodishche, Bereznensky District, Chernigovsky Region
13. Home address: village of Gorodishche, Bereznensky District, Chernigovsky Region
14. Awards
Award name Award number Document number Reason for awarding
Bravery medal 1467328 M/R V 585749 Order of the 79th Rifle Regiment : 26th Guard separate Division #020/4 of 19/07/44
Bravery medal 2454005 M/R E 181215 Order of the 26th Guard Separate Division #03/N of 01/02/45
Order of Glory III 411382 M/R G 948048 Order of the 26th Guard Separate Division 013/N of 15/04/45

Testifying to the veracity of the information and the signature of the award recipient,
Bereznensky District Military Commission, Senior Lt.
13th of March 1946




Document pertaining to Order of Glory III # 411382
Award sheet
1. Last name, name and patronymic : Kolbasa Yakov Ivanovich
2. Rank : Guard Private
3. Duty position and Unit: Artillery Cavalry Battalion, 45-mm cannons, 79th Rifle Red Banner Regiment
4. Birth year: 1912
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: None
7. In combat: From October 6, 1943
8. Wounds of Contusions: wounded on December 2, 1943
9. In Red Army: wounded on December 2, 1943
10. Inducted by: Bereznensky DMC, Chernigovsky Region
11. Earlier Awards: Medal For Bravery, Order of the 79th Guard Rifle Regiment #03/N of 01/02/1945; Medal For Bravery on order of the 79th Guard Rifle Regiment #120 of197/07/45
12. Permanent address: Chernigovsky Region, Bereznensky District, Rural Council Gorodishche, rural dwelling (khutor) "Red Partisan". Wife: Kolbasa Maria XXX

Short, specific presentation of the personal battle feat or achievement:
Comrade Kolbasa is an example for the cavalry soldiers. In the battles for the city of Konigsberg, Comrade Kolbasa demonstrated inventiveness, bravery, and courage. On 04/06/45, he removed the cannon from under heavy enemy artillery fire. On 04/07/45, while moving his cannon, Comrade Kolbasa employed an tactical detouring manoeuvre which allowed him to go around the enemy firing positions and thus managed to capture 6 German large-calibre cannons. In the battles for Konigsberg, Comrade Kolbasa personally, with his own carbine, demolished 5 German soldiers.
For the bravery and courage demonstrated in the battles against the German invaders, he merits the Government Award of Order Glory 3rd degree.

Commander of the 79th Guard Rifle Regiment,
Hero of the USSR, Guard Lt. Colonel Shelkovii
April 1945


Document pertaining to Bravery Medal # 1467328
Award sheet
1. Last name, name and patronymic : Kolbasa Yakov Ivanovich
2. Rank : Guard Private
3. Duty position and Unit: Artillery Cavalry Battalion, 45-mm cannons, 79th Rifle Red Banner Regiment
4. Birth year: 1912
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: None
7. In combat: From October 6, 1943
8. Wounds of Contusions: wounded on December 2, 1943
9. In Red Army: wounded on December 2, 1943
10. Inducted by: Bereznensky DMC, Chernigovsky Region
11. Earlier Awards: None
12. Permanent address: Chernigovsky Region, Bereznensky District, Rural Council Gorodishche, rural dwelling (khutor) "Red Partisan". Wife: Kolbasa Maria XXX

Short, specific presentation of the personal battle feat or achievement:
The cavalry soldier in charge of 45-mm cannon, Guard Private Kolbasa Yakov Ivanovich, on the basis of the fact that on 06/23/44, in the area near the village of Osinstroy, engaged stealthy cannon fire from the firing position thus demolishing the retreating Germans and allowing free passage for the infantry.

Commander of the Guard
Lt. Colonel Shelkovii
Commander of the Headquarters of the 79th Guard Rifle Regiment,
Guard Major Bachilo



Document pertaining to Bravery Medal # 2454005
Award sheet
1. Last name, name and patronymic : Kolbasa Yakov Ivanovich
2. Rank : Guard Private
3. Duty position and Unit: Artillery Cavalry Battalion, 45-mm cannons, 79th Rifle Red Banner Regiment
4. Birth year: 1912
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: None
7. In combat: From October 6, 1943
8. Wounds of Contusions: wounded on December 2, 1943
9. In Red Army: on 01/06/43
10. Inducted by: Bereznensky DMC, Chernigovsky Region
11. Earlier Awards: Medal For Bravery, Order of the 79th Guard Rifle Regiment #03/N of 01/02/1945;
12. Permanent address: Chernigovsky Region, Bereznensky District, Rural Council Gorodishche, rural dwelling (khutor) "Red Partisan". Wife: Kolbasa Maria XXX

Short, specific presentation of the personal battle feat or achievement:
The cavalry soldier in charge of 45-mm cannon, Guard Private Kolbasa Yakov Ivanovich, on the basis of the fact that on 01/02/45, in the battle for the city of Auloveshen, under heavy enemy mortar fire, he brought the cannon out to the open firing position, thus contributing to the successful fulfilment of the battery's battle task
Commander of the Guard
Lt. Colonel Shelkovii
Commander of the Headquarters of the 79th Guard Rifle Regiment,
Guard Major Bachilo

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Here is the original Citation for his first Medal "For Bravery".

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Here is the original Citation for his second Medal "For Bravery".

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Here is the original Citation for his Glory III.