Kovaled, Ivan Pavlovich, Special Section KGB

[Tommy]

Hiya Guys,

Here is a cool document group for a KGB Major.

Hope you enjoy.

Here is a 1955 photograph of Major Ivan Pavlovich Kovalev.

A pretty steely gaze...






Here is his Reserve Officers ID from the 60's



Military ID Serial no / 0540 
 
Reserve officer of the Committee for State Security for the Council of Ministers of the USSR 
 
Family name: Kovalev 
Name: Ivan 
Patronymic: Pavlovich – 063235 
Signature of the ID owner: [signed] 
 
Military ID issued by: 
 
Name of the Body: Management of the Committee for State Security of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast. 
Date: 24.06.1960 
 
Head of Personnel Department:  
 
Rank: Colonel 
Signed: [signed] 
(Pervushin) 
 
 
 
Registration Information 
 
1. Military rank at time of reserve: Major 
Decree of the Committee for State Security for the Council of Ministers of the USSR No: 4392 
Date: 4.12.1948 
 
2. Branch of Service: Operational Services 
3. Position at time of reserve: Operations Officer for the special Section of the Committee for State Security 
 
Born: 4th May 1917 
Place of Birth: Village of Krasnogrigorovka, Nikopol district, Dnepropetrovsk oblast 
Must be registered in the reserve until 19:72 
Party membership: Party member since 1939 
Education: Secondary 
Marital Status and family structure: Married 
 
Information about service in the KGB and the Soviet army:

Entered into service in the personnel of the Soviet Army: N/A
Dismissed from the personnel of the Soviet Army: N/A
Entered into service in the personnel of the KGB and it's organs: 26 May 1938
Dismissed from the personnel of the KGB and it's organs: 16 June 1960
Enrolled in the reserve of the KGB by order of the committee for state security of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. Decree of the KGB No 353 of 9 June 1960

A note on the right of wearing a military uniform: Has the right to wear a military uniform.

Chief of Staff of the: UKGB for Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
Colonel [signed]
24th June 1960


Special Remarks: Mobilization injunction delivered 26 March 1960
Withdrawn 5 December 1973

Notes on the exclusion from the ranks of the reserve.
31st December 1972

Removed from the military ranks of the reserve KGB of the: UKGB of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of the Dnipropetrovsk region

Order No.01 of January 3, 1973 due to reaching the age limit of the reserves and retired with the rank of Major.







PASSPORT

Valid until: 28th March 1944

1. Name, family name and patrionymic: Kovalev, Ivan Pavlovich
2. Time and location of Birth: 1917 in the village of Grigorevka, Kubyshev area, Dnepropetrovsk Region.
3. Nationality: Ukrainian
4. Social Standing: ???
5. Place of permanent residence: Village of Kubysheva, Kubyshev area, Zaporozhye Region
6. Military status: He is present on a special register
7. Signature od passport holder: [signed]
8. Passport authorized by: Regional Commissariat of Kubyshev Militia, by the UKGB for Zaporozhye region on 28th March 1939
9. Passport issued on the basis of which public documents: Passport DSHB N.026901 issued 14 April 1938 by the Nikolaevsk Militia.


Date of completion: 28th March 1939



Registration:

Regional Office of the NKVD
Novo-Trotsky Area
Registered: 19 April 1940
Series: SM
No. 508912
Chief of Passport Services: [signed]

Regional Office of the NKVD
Dnepropetrovsk Region
Registered: 18 May 1941

Regional Office of the NKVD
Yaroslavl Region
Registered: 28 September 1942

[Tommy]

Document for the Medal “Irreproachable Service in the KGB” awarded 15th December 1958



A pension booklet paying Kovalev 113 Roubles a month from 1st July 1960



A “Grade book” from 1954 for the University of Marxist-Leninism

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His “Medical Booklet” from 1971. He must have been a spritely chap, there are no entries for any treatment or ailments.



An invite to an event commemorating 35 Years of victory on the GPW:



The heads of the party committees and the Office of the KGB of the USSR in Dnepropetrovsk region congratulate you, Great Patriotic War veterans and the members of your family on the 35th anniversary of our Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. We wish you continued success in your work for the good of our country and invite you to a gala evening dedicated to this important date, which will be held May 7, 1980 at the House of culture UVD, 5 Artema street.

Head of the KGB of the USSR in Dnepropetrovsk region
Major General GA Schekoturov

Party secretary of the KGB
V S Filippyuk

The event begins at 17.30 in the evening





Document for the medal “30 years of Victory in the GPW”

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A second document for the medal “30 years of Victory in the GPW” - however this one is awarded by the KGB



Document for the medal “60 years of the Armed forces of the USSR” awarded by the KGB




A dual language Russian/Azerbaijany document from the Ministry of Eductation of the Azerbaijan SSR.



Graduation Certificate:

This certificate is issued to Kovalev Ivan Pavlovich who was born in the village of Krasnogrigorevka, Dnipropetrovsk region on May 4, 1917, in what he ...., enrolling in 1955 in the evening high school No... taken at the House of officers of the Red Banner Caspian Fleet, graduated the full course of this school in 1956 and had ammassed an excellent knowledge of the following subjects:

Native language - 3
Literature - 3
Algebra - 3
Geometry - 3
Trigonometry - 3
Natural Sciences - 4
History of the USSR - 4
World History - 5
Constitution of the USSR - 5
Geography - 5
Physics - 5
Astronomy - 5
Chemistry - 3
Foreign language (German) – 3

Presentation of this certificate gives the holder the right to enter higher educational institutions of the USSR.

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A document confirming his promotion to Major



Notice 
 
Comrade Kovalev, I.P. 
 
To inform you that by order of the Minister of State Security of the USSR No.4392 of December 4th, 1948, you are awarded the rank of "Major. 
 
Head of Personnel Management for counterintelligence in the MGB of the Transcaucasian Military District 
 
Major / [signed] / Orlov 
17.12.1948 



A document confiming the medals that he has been awarded




KOVALEV, Ivan Pavlovich 
 
CPSU member, membership card No.01324408 
 
 
1. Medal “For Victory over Germany 1941-1945” 
Issued 20th October 1945 
 
2. Medal “For 30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy” 
Awarded 2nd October 1948 
 
3. Medal “For Combat Services”  
Awarded 27th July 1949 
 
4. Order “Red Star” 
Awarded 25th June 1954 
 
5. Medal “For Irreproachable Service” 
Awarded 25th December 1958 
 
6. Medal “For 40 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy” 
Awarded 18th July 1958 
 
7. Medal “For 50 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy” 
Awarded 25th April 1968 
 
8. Medal “For 20 Years of Victory Over Germany” 
Awarded 20th July 1966 
 
9. Badge “For 25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War” 
Awarded 5th May 1971 
 
[signed] / Kovalev 
 
Correct: Party secretary No.5 
[signed] / Chukavin  



A document that i'm not so sure about...

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A certificate confirming his transfer to the reserves



Certificate 
 
Issued to Major of the Reserve Kovalev Ivan Pavlovich due to that, from June 15th 1960 he will be dismissed from the staff of the KGB for the Council of Ministers of the USSR, in accordance with the decree of January 15th 1960 "A new significant reduction of the Armed Forces of the USSR" and is entitled to the benefits and privileges established by the decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the USSR Council of Ministers on January 20, 1960 No.74 "On the employment and the social-logistical maintenance of the servicemen discharged from the Armed Forces of the USSR in accordance with the new significant reduction of the Armed Forces of the USSR" 
 
Deputy head of the Special Section for the KGB for the Council of Ministers of the USSR of the Kiev Military District. 
 
Colonel / [signed] / Timchenko



A certificate issued to help Kovalev obtain a passport



SPECIAL DEPARTMENT 
Committee for State Security 
of the Council of Ministers of the USSR 
for the Kiev Military District 
20th May 1960 
No. SK/226 
 
Reference 
 
According to the personal file of Major Kovalev Ivan Pavlovich, it shows that he was born on 4th May 1917 in the village of Krasnogrigorovka, Nikopol district Dnipropetrovsk region, an ethnic Ukrainian. 
 
Currently comrade Kovalev works in the Special Section of the KGB for the Council of Ministers of the USSR in the Kiev Military District and is on a special register.  
 
This reference has been issued for submission to the police, for the purpose of obtaining a passport.  
 
Head of the sector for personnel, for the Special Section of the KGB of the council of ministers of the USSR in the Kiev Military District. 
 
Colonel / [signed] / Kiprikov