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I have seen these documents before, at auction and I did research them at the time and they do indeed seem to be bad. Unfortunately I can't remember where these were physically located at the time. Possibly Kiev. (Far too many pieces to remember every, or indeed any detail).
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The first doc does have nice handwriting though. I am less inclined to think that one is faked, the counterfeiters usually don't capture the style of the period this well. Also, if he was a Major General it's quite possible his records are restricted and not available on Podvig.
Regarding the last two docs--if he was a staff officer / Ministry of Defense, it is possible he would receive these awards from behind a desk..
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There are quite a few senior generals on Podvig, but generally speaking their citations are more often absent (for whatever reason) than those of lower-ranking personnel.
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So - theoretically - If I would be interested in doing some research, there would not be a good chance to get the man's award information and/or service record?
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All the signs point to bad. The lack of information (wouldn't a Major General active in Afghanistan - even behind a desk, get at least one google hit?), the hand filled ballpoint pen Afghanistan documents (since when are the Supreme Soviet Gramotas filled in with a cheap ballpoint?) and lack of unit/authorising stamp on the Afghan document.
If I remember correctly this group was offered by a seller that is rather well known for having groups made of a skeleton of reality with a huge helping of make believe added.
Also - have you thought of searching for the '85 in Ukrainian? Often more ethnic names were used to record the 40th anniversary awards than Russian. Mikola might be out there....
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I assume that the Afghanistan docs are fake.
However, the core of the group is OK - thatmeans: jr. lt. in november 1945, career officer later, probably mjr.-gen. Armed forces Veteran medal in 1982.
But - is the GPW'85 doc a fake?
If so, the set was not worth what it cost.
I will post the rest tommorrow
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The interwebz seems to say:
In charge of the 30th independent training motorized rifle regiment in 66' with rank of lieutenant colonel
Made colonel in 1967
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