Red Banner,209832,Regimental Commander,94th Guards Mortar Regiment,Southern Poland

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Awarded to the commander of a Katyusha regiment! :thumbsup


Record card

Order booklet nr. 470031

1. Last name: Palgov
2. First name and patronymic: Nikolai Nikolayevich
3. Military rank: Guards Lieutenant Colonel
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1914
6. Place of birth: Voronezh Oblast, Zherdevka Raion
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the VKP(b)
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: 1934
11. Place of service (name of unit) and duty position at the time of the awarding: 94th Guards Mortar Regiment - Regimental commander
12. Current Place of service and duty position: 94th Guards Mortar Regiment - Regimental commander
13. Home address of the awardee: Field post nr. 57255
14. Record of all awards presented:

Bravery Medal 100979, Temporary certificate nr. 122875, Order of the Southeastern Front nr. 4/N of 11 September 1942
Order of the Red Banner 38063, Temporary certificate nr. 122876, Order of the Southeastern Front nr. 5/N of 11 September 1942
Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class 14105, Temporary certificate nr. 1163952, Order of the 70th Army nr. 0191/N of 19 September 1943
Order of Aleksandr Nevsky 11266, Temporary certificate nr. V-523955, Order of the commander of the artillery of the 1st Belorussian Front nr. 106 of 28 July 1944
Order of the Red Banner 209832, Temporary certificate nr. D-671619, Order of the commander of the artillery of the 1st Belorussian Front nr. 0152 of 8 February 1945
Order of the Red Banner 243685, Temporary certificate nr. Ye-768082, Order of the commander of the artillery of the 1st Belorussian Front nr. 212 of 4 June 1945
Combat Merits Medal 3130248, Certificate nr. 0446850, Decree of 30 April 1945

Signature of the awardee: [signature]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee: Chief of the personnel department of the artillery of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
Colonel [signature] /Kramarenko/
23 January 1947

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Palgov, Nikolai Nikolayevich
2. Military rank: Guards Lieutenant Colonel
3. Duty position, unit: Commander of the 94th Guards Mortar Regiment
Recommended for: Order of the Red Banner
4. Year of birth: 1914
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: Member of the VKP(b) since 1944
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where, when): In the Patriotic War since June 1941
8. Suffered wounds and contusions in the Patriotic War: Severely wounded in 1942
9. Since when in the Red Army: 1934
10. Drafted by which RVK: Kovrov RVK, Ivanovo Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): Order of the Red Banner by Order of the Southeastern Front nr. 5/N of 11 September 1942, Order of Aleksandr Nevsky by Order of the commander of the artillery of the 1st Belorussian Front nr. 0106 of 28 July 1944, Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class by Order of the 70th Army nr. 0191/N of 19 September 1943, Bravery Medal by Order of the Southeastern Front nr. 4/N of 11 September 1942, Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad
12. Permanent home address of the recommendee and the address of his family: Ivanovo Oblast, city of Kovrov, Zarechnaya Sloboda, 1 Bolshaya Street. Wife: Chuvilina, Zinaida Ivanovna.

Short, concrete description of personal combat feat or merits:

The 94th Guards Mortar Regiment under command of Guards Lieutenant Colonel Palgov occupied combat formations.

Due to the well organized reconnaissance, enemy resistance pockets were detected, that during the preparatory artillery bombardments were suppressed by barrages of the battalions. Units of the 26th Guards Rifle Corps broke through the deep enemy defense lines and pushed forward. At 11:30 on 14 January 1945, the enemy tried to stop the advancing infantry at the border of the Boska bend [?] [?]. With barrages of the battalions, comrade Palgov suppressed an enemy artillery battery and scattered and partially destroyed up to two infantry platoons. Without encountering resistance, our units went to the Pilica River, whose crossing (near Biała Góra) the Germans tried to hold off, but comrade Palgov accomplished a quick manoeuvre with two M-13 battalions and carried out two consecutive barrages. The fire of the battalions destroyed and suppressed two artillery batteries and up to three enemy infantry platoons.

On 15 January 1945, [?] [?] [?] comrade Palgov, while in the combat formations, carried out a barrage with a battalion at a resistance pocket near Kielce, after which units of the 26th Guards Rifle Corps without losses pushed forward. Comrade Palgov, the entire time located in the combat formations of the infantry, exemplarily organized the communication and interaction with the units of the 26th Guards Rifle Corps. Performing a quick manoeuvre, he guaranteed the succesful offensive of the infantry. Displaying skill and courage in combat, excellently guiding the fire of the battalions, figuring out the enemy plans in a timely manner, and destroying the enemy's manpower and vehicles with artillery fire, the regiment renders the units of the corps great assistance.

For exemplarily guiding the fire of the battalions during the enemy defense line breakthrough and the skilful leadership during offensive fighting and for displayed courage and skilful manoeuvring during the crossing of the Pilica River, comrade Palgov deserves the state award "Order of the Red Banner".

Commander of the artillery of the 26th Guards Rifle Corps
Guards Colonel [signature] /Mikhailichenko/
18 January 1945



Deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Commander of the 26th Guards Rifle Corps
Guards Major General [signature] /Firsov/
22 January 1945



Deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Commander of the artillery of the 5th Shock Army
Major General of Artillery [signature] /Kosenko/
23 January 1945



Deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Commander of the 5th Shock Army
Lieutenant General [signature] /Berzarin/

Member of the military counsil of the 5th Shock Army
Lieutenant General [signature] /Bokov/
30 January 1945



Deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Deputy commander of the artillery for guards mortar units of the 1st Belorussian Front
Lieutenant General of Artillery [signature]



Deserves to be awarded the Order ...

Commander of the artillery of the 1st Belorussian Front
Colonel General of Artillery V. Kazakov



By Order of the commander of the artillery of the 1st Belorussian Front nr. 0152 of 8 February 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Senior assistent chief of the personnel section of the staff of the commander of the artillery of the 1st Belorussian Front
Lieutenant Colonel of Administrative Service [signature] /Vasilyev/

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The order:

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Now that's what I call award history! What an amazing piece to have that much of a story behind it - not only about the awards, but about the person as well.:thumbsup

Phillip

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Palgov joined the army on 12 December 1934, serving as a Private. Since 1 November 1936 he studied at the Krasnodar Artillery School, where he graduated on 1 June 1938. After his graduation he was promoted to Lieutenant, later to Senior Lieutenant, on 24 June 1942 to Captain, on 2 December 1942 to Major and on 17 August 1944 to Lieutenant Colonel. Not a bad career!

This is him as a cadet at the Krasnodar Artillery School (KAU):