Patriotic War II,0827992,Sapper,1722nd Sapper Regiment,Moscow,Wounds

[Tommy]

Award Card

1. Family name: Grigoryev
2. Name and Patronymic: Mikhail Mikhailovich
3. Military Rank: Private
4. Gender: Male
5. Year of birth: 1904
6. Place of birth: Vladimir Oblast, Sobinsky area, city of Ovechkino
7. Party membership: Not a member
8. Education: mid-level
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Service in the Red Army: From 11.1941 to 11.1941
11. Place of service at the time of awarding: Sapper, 1722 Sapper Battalion, Western Front
12. Place of service and duty position: Temporarily unemployed
13. Home address of the awardee: Vladimir Oblast, Sobinsky area, city of Ovechkino
14. Awards received:

Name of the order of medal Serial number Document number Awarding organization

Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class 827992 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6.11.47




Signature of the awardee: [signed]

Verified by the Sobinsky region military commissar [signed]

[Tommy]

Award Sheet

1. Family name, Name and Patronymic: Grigoryev, Mikhail Mikhailovich
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position: Sapper, 1st Independent Sapper Battalion, 1722 Sapper-Construction Regiment, Moscow defense zone

Recommended for: The governmental award the Medal for Combat Service

4. Year of birth: 1904
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War and the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR and the Patriotic War: In the Patriotic War from the 30th October 1941 to January 1942 in the Moscow defense zone
8. Wound and contusions in the Patriotic War: Seriously wounded 5th January 1942
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 30th October 1941
10. Inducted by which Regional Military Commissariat: Sobinsky Region Military Commissariat, Vladimir Oblast
11. Previous awards: None
12. Permanent home address of the awardee: [Intentionally obscured]

Short concrete description of his combat feat or accomplishment:

Performing a mission to strengthen the area of the Moscow defense zone he received a serious wound to his right hand and lost his sight on the 5th January 1942.
He is currently an invalid of the 1st group.

Conclusion: He is deserving of the government award the Medal for Combat Service

Sobinsky Region Military Commisar
Major / [signed] / Petryanikov
21st January 1947


He is deserving of the Order of Glory 3rd Class
Vladimir Oblast Military Commisar
Colonel / [signed] / Jotelny
6th February 1947


Deserving of the government award the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class
Chief of the 4th independent staff section Major Kozarenko

[Auke]

Hey Tom,

A small correction, if you don't mind: he lost his sight, not his arm.

[Tommy]

Thanks for pointing that out!

Should it be "received a serious wound to his right hand and lost his sight"?

получил тяжелое увечье правой руки и лишился зрения

Cheers man

[CtahhR]

Without the original citation it's rather difficult to tell just what it says.

[Tommy]

There you go.

That'll teach me for not reading properly!


Sounds to me like this guy blew a mine up in his own face by accident.

Not exactly sapper material huh?

[Auke]

Should it be "received a serious wound to his right hand and lost his sight"?

Hand / arm, yep, that's it. :thumbsup

Maybe he wasn't a very talented sapper, but on the other hand, combat engineering must be one of the most hazardous and unpredictable tasks a soldier can face. All those fougasses and other makeshift mines must have been a nightmare.

[Tommy]

Here's the order