Photographs Of Recipients Of Soviet Awards/Service Personnel.

[Tommy]

Here's a photograph that just arrived.



1939

Zhilin
Ivan ???
Magadan




He looks to be wearing an early Red Banner of Labour.

Perhaps awarded for gulag construction/transportation/guarding??

[CtahhR]

The award isn't overly clear. Also looks a little like one of those "GTO" awards.

I'm sure Magadan had plenty of ways to find need for someone to be rewarded, or he may he received it before the posting.

[Al-muell]

Here's a photograph that just arrived.


Zhilin
Ivan ???
Magadan

Looks like Nikolaievich to me.

[aviator]

Last name, first name, and patronymic: Nychke Alfred Alfonsovich
Rank: Senior lieutenant of the reserve
Position and unit: Former platoon commander of 187 engineer battalion, 49th engineer brigade.
Nominated for: Red Star
Year of birth: 1921
Nationality: Russian (I guess, his origin seems to be a little German ;))
Party affiliation: member of VKP(b)
Participation in battles: since July, 1941 up to July, 1944 at North-Western front, the 2nd and the 3rd Baltic fronts
Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Has got one severe wound.
Since when in the Red Army: Since January, 1940 up to June, 1945
Drafted by which military commissariat: Frunzenskiy Military Commissariat of Leningrad
Awards received previously (for which accomplishments): no awards

Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or accomplishments:

On June 19, 1944 near Pushkinskie Hills on the river Lozha in offensive combat he was seriously injured by a shell splinter in the right forearm and the left lung, therefore has got unhealable wound of the right forearm, and a splinter in the left lung. Certificate on wound of 11.06.1945. The disabled person of the first group. The reference from the place of residence is good.

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I've found his photocard in my grandfather's album:

[Al-muell]

A three pictures of the HSU Anatoliy Yakovlevich Kovalenko (Герой Советского Союза Коваленко Анатолий Яковлевич :: Герои страны)

A portrait of him (note Lenin ribbon on the HSU medal), him among collegues-veterans of the GPTY-Y (not sure what is that, but likely some kind of a school, as he worked in the education after the war) showing all his decorations, among them the ukrainian Excellent educational worker badge. The third picture shows him with a friend - another AF vet (colonel, unfortunately unidentified). This is interesting - theman seems to have m55 parade uniform "converted" to M69.
Also, Kovalenko seems to be wearing 2 strange awards (foreign decorations?) can anyone identify those? (his bar on the 1st pic seems to suggest 2 foreign awards too)

[Al-muell]

Another HSU - according to caption - Stepan Matveevich Pirozhenko
And that's the problem:
Герой Советского Союза Пироженко Степан Матвеевич :: Герои страны - the name, awaarding date and even the given medal nr. all fit, but according to the article, he worked as a motorist on shipsand last known rank as sgt. And on this photograph he is wearing an m58 uniform of a lt.col. of artillery. Also the article doesn't list all his orders, as apparently he got also a Nevsky, ORB and 2 GPWs
On the other hand - he looks similar to the photo in the article.

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Major Alexander Karpovich Bolbas, Hero of the Soviet Union, photograph on the left dated 1946, and on the right, 1952.

Герой Советского Союза Болбас Александр Карпович :: Герои страны[/SIZE]

[Al-muell]

Interesting. Seems he wore only the hero star - and no other awards/ribbons.

[aviator]

Here's a photograph that just arrived.

[Image: https://soviet-awards.com/forum2/attachm...bnail=4796]

1939

Zhilin
Ivan ???
Magadan

[Image: https://soviet-awards.com/forum2/attachm...bnail=2240]


He looks to be wearing an early Red Banner of Labour.

Perhaps awarded for gulag construction/transportation/guarding??

[Image: https://soviet-awards.com/forum2/attachm...bnail=2093]

Zhilin Ivan Nikitievich. I think, it is not Red banner of Labor: he is too young and he is just a common soldier. And Red Banner of Labor must look thicker.
I think, it is just a badge.

[CtahhR]

Gorbachev was 16.... though more an exception. I also don't believe it is an Order.