Kriheli, Jakov Il'ich, 365th Rifle Division

[Tommy]

Here's a documented group to Georgian, Yakov Krikheli.



1. Lets start with the Military ID from the 60's. It indicates he served in the 365 Rifle Division from 1942 - 1943 and the 652 Rifle Division from 1945 through until the end of the war.



2 & 3. Here is his dual language Pension Booklet. He should have kept the moustache!

[Tommy]

4. Here is a document seeming to be relating to his Pension or Disability Benefits.



5. Here is a Flight Ticket (for local airlines) I cant make out where from and too.



6. Here is a badge for i think Honored Member of the Soviet Military Veterans Committee, but i may be wrong!

[Tommy]

7. Here's his 20 Years of Victory Medal Doc



8. Here's his FIRST 30 Years of Victory Medal Doc awarded in 1975



9. Here's his SECOND 30 Years of Victory Medal Doc awarded in May 1984!

[Tommy]

10. Here is his document to the medal 40 Years of Victory in the GPW



11. Here's the document for the badge for 25 Years of Victory.



12. Here's the document for 50 years of the Armed Forces medal.

[Tommy]

13. Document for the Medal for 60 Years of the Armed Forces



14. Document for the Medal for 70 Years of the Armed Forces



15. Awarded OPW 1st Class in the 1985 Jubilee Issue




Why was he awarded the 1st class when he received no other medals during the war?

If anyone notices anything interesting, feel free to share!


Hope you enjoy it.


Tom

[CtahhR]

His name in Georgian is იაკობი ილის-ძე კრიხელი (Iak'obi Ilis-dze K'rixeli).

I think the flight is between Tbilisi and Baku.

He most probably got the OPW1 for his activity with the Veterans' Committee.

[charlet]

Tom, this is a nice grouping!

[Tommy]

Thanks Sebastien :)

Hopefully I'll be able to research this gentleman some more. Once I get the Voennij Bilet translated I hope it will reveal some more about his war service.

Tom

[CtahhR]

K'rixeli is a Georgian Jewish name (which is why Georgian was crossed out and Jewish added to his military book) and many of the K'rixelis emigrated to Palestine. Unfortunately there is absolutely no mention of Jacob in Georgian on the internet. With Georgians now rarely using patronyms I also can not find any other of Elijah's children (if any) but there is a modern (1981 born) Elijah (Ilis) K'rixeli in Georgia that hinders any tracking down of the father but they will all be related to some extent (Aren't we all related?).

Getting someone to search for Jacob in Hebrew may be an idea.

There is a "Jacob Krikhely" on Hebrew Facebook who could be a direct descendant. All the transliteration with 4 alphabets gives ample chance for variations.

There is another (or this?) person mentioned here page 90. Report on the USSR.