Red Star,0002657,Military Engineer,4th Mechanised Brigade,Spain 1936

[Sanzotta]

Here is an interesting low # Red Star that was awarded in 1937 for Spain. Lapa (Marc) may recognized it from another forum when I was trying to find out information about it. Unlike the WW2 awards, there is no citation available but I was able to locate the Ukaz for the awarding from 1937 and with that name, researched the person. The particular awardee was also awarded an Order of the Red Banner for actions again in Spain (you can see the awards in his Bio.) I have included his Biography Sheet as well as the Ukaz for the Red Star awarding. He certainly had an interesting career, including being tossed out of the Communist Party in 1945.

Ukaz for Award (included in Ukaz were 5 Order of Lenins, 198 ORBs, 285 ORSs)

On awarding the commanders, political workers, engineers and technicians of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army.
For outstanding achievements in military, political and technical training units, units and divisions of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, the Central Executive Committee of the USSR decided to reward commanders, political workers, engineers and technicians:

7. Military Engineer 3rd Rank Glukhov PS

Chairman of the CEC of the USSR Mikhail Kalinin.
Secretary of the CEC of the USSR AI Akulov.
The Kremlin, Moscow. January 2, 1937
Posted in number 2 Izvestia CEC of the USSR and the Central Executive Committee on January 3, 1937

Biography Sheet

1. Last Name, Name, and Patrionymic: Glukhov, Petr Stepanovich D-329066
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Knowledge of Foreign Languages: Spanish with the help of a dictionary
4. Born: 10 June 1904
5. Birthplace: Penza, Tambov Oblast, Saranskii Region
6. Social Position: Worker
7. Party Membership: expelled from Party on 22.11.1945 by Kiev Military District Party Commission
8. Education
General: Leningrad Automotive Institute in 1931
Military: Industrial Department, Stalin Motorized-Mechanized Academy in 1933
Political:
9. Service in the Old Army: n/a
10. Service in the White Army: n/a
11. Promotion:

Military Engineer 1 Class 16.8.37
Engineer-Colonel 30.4.42

12. Participation in the Patriotic War: 1 Ukrainian Front 1.1944-1.45
13. Other Military Operations in defense of the USSR: n/a
14. In Captivity or Encirclement: n/a
15. Awards

Red Banner 1937
Red Star 1937
Red Star for Long Service 1947
Combat Service Medal 1944
Victory over Germany Medal
Liberation of Warsaw Medal

16. ID Card: GT 25043
17. Position before service in the Armed Forces: Leningrad. Student in the Automotive Institute. Voluntarily enlisted 1.10.1931
[trans: stamp indicating information taken from a 1938 biography sheet]
18. Service in the Armed Forces:

Student Academy of Motorization and Mechanization, 1.10.1931
Industrial Faculty
**
Chief Test Section, 4 Training Rgt, Belorussian Mil Dist 3.1933
Chief Workshop Repair Btn, 4 Mech Bde, Belo Mil Dist 3.1935
On long assignment 4 Mechanized Bde 11.1936
Dep Btn CDR 4 Mechanized Bde, Belorussian Military District 3.1937
Chief 7 Section, Auto-Mech-Armored Directorate, RKKA 10.1937
Dpty Chief of Tng Scientific Experimental Auto-Armored Tng Ctr, 6.1938
A(?) Armored Tank Academy RKKA
Acting Chief of Tng Same 2.7.1939
At disposition of Red Army Main Auto-Armored Directorate Personnel Section 24.1.42
Second Deputy Chief Red Army Repair and Automotive Exploitation Direcorate 12.4.42
At disposition of Red Army Automotive Directorate 10.12.1942
Deputy Chief Repair Directorate, Main Automotive Directorate, RKKA 15.12.1942
Deputy Chief Repair Directorate, 1 Ukrainian Front 6.1.1944
Chief Automotive Directorate, Kiev Military District 22.4.1945
Deputy Chief Automotive Directorate, Northern Group of Forces 18.12.45
Director Military Department, Kiev Polytechnic Institute 19.8.47

**Reserve Commander 17.2.1932

Acting Director Military Department, Kiev Agricultural Institute 6.8.1953
Director Same 1.9.1953
Sr. Instructor Auto-Tractor Training, Military Dept, Ukrainian 3.9.1954
SSR Agricultural Academy
Retired by Ministry of Defense Order 0921 dated 6.3.1956 according to Paragraph 59G (for illness). On file with the Kiev Municipal Military Commissariat FA 42868

19. Wounds or Contusions: n/a
20. Academic Degree: n/a
21. Academic Level: n/a
22. Foreign Travel: Spain during campaign 1936, 1937
23. Legal Proceedings: n/a
24. Family Situation: Married. Wife – Nina Konstantinovna Glukhova (b.1911), son Eduard b. 1934 and daughter Lidiya b. 1939
25. Special Remarks:

[Auke]

How did you research it? Do you have the order booklet?

[Eryk]

Excellent! Thanks for posting.

I wonder if "Second Deputy Chief Red Army Repair and Automotive Exploitation Direcorate 12.4.42" has something to do with lend lease equipment. I've seen an award sheet to a chief in a "Technical Exploitation Section" who was responsible for figuring out systems on lend lease aircraft (including translating documentation from English to Russian).

[Sanzotta]

Auke,

I do not have the order book but it was researched by number for the name and from there, the Ukaz's could be searched to see when it was awarded. I obviously did not do the research so if anyone knows anything else on the subject, please let me know. It was just luck that Glukhov survived the war so he had official records that could be found.

Here are a couple pictures of the award as well as the awardee and his award card. It would be nice to know where the ORB #972 is!

[Auke]

Great that he received additional awards, otherwise there wouldn't have been a record card and the research would probably have been dead end.

Nice star!

[Pobeda45]

I like the conversion to pinback. It really gives the award a personal touch and signifies that the awardee wanted to wear it often and in comfort. :thumbsup A real survivor, too.

George

[Esteban_cool]

It´s a very nice award, and with one of the most interesting stories I´ve seen too. :thumbsup

[Bill Garvy]

Very nice, & thank you for sharing this with us!

[deValcourt]

I like the conversion to pinback.
George

So do I because it can be worn on anything without ruining a sports or suit jacket by punching a hole in it. Maybe this guy ended up in the diplomatic corps because they were some of the first to recognize the usefulness of pins over screws for wearing awards on more than one suit (uniform or other).

It almost looks like someone took a medal suspension plate and cut out the pin and clasp portion of the suspension and then used the portion of the screw that wasn't cut off and a nut to hold it in place. Neat use of resources at hand.:thumbsup

Phillip

[CtahhR]

The 4th Mechanised Brigade was re-designated the 32th Light Tank Brigade in 1938.

As of 1936 the Brigade had 193 T-26 Tanks of various types (the vast majority of their force). This would mean that he was most likely working on the T-26s in Spain. The main battle tank of the war, which would soon be made obsolete and rather ineffective by Great Patriotic War standards (although it would be difficult to call one ineffective if faced by one without anti-tank weaponry).

Here is an example being worked on in Moscow the same time he would have been working on them in the BSSR.