Red Star,0181773,Operations Officer,18th Army Staff

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Record card

Order booklet nr. 282751

1. Last name: Zhukov
2. First name and patronymic: Vasily Sergeyevich
3. Military rank: Lieutenant Colonel
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1905
6. Place of birth: Village of Vasilyevskoye, Shuya Raion, Ivanovo Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Since February, 1942
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since 1941
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Senior Assistant Chief of the Operations Section, 18th Army Staff
12. Current place of service and position: Senior assistant chief of a subsection of the Operations Section, Military Department, Allied Control Commission in Finland
13. Home address of the awardee: 8 Budyonny Street, Khutorok Workers’ Settlement, Novokubansk Raion, Krasnodar Krai

14. Record of all awards received:

Names of the orders and medals/Their numbers/Numbers of the documents/Ground of award

Order of the Red Banner 288637 Order booklet nr. 282751 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 13th, 1945

Order of the Red Star 28801 Temporary certificate nr. 20810
Order of the Southern Front nr. 0106/N of February 20th, 1942

Order of the Red Star 181773 Temporary certificate nr. 726382 Order of the 18th Army nr. 05/N of February 23rd, 1943

Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus - Certificate nr. N-010241 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 1st, 1944

Medal for the Victory over Germany - Certificate nr. A-00012491 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 9th, 1945

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Chief of the Personnel Section of the Allied Control Commission in Finland
Colonel [signed] /Shkenev/
January 19th, 1947

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[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Award sheet

All fields to be filled out fully

Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Zhukov, Vasily Sergeyevich
Rank: Major [Captain crossed out]
Position and unit: Assistant chief of a subsection of the Operations Section, 18th Army staff
Nominated for: Order of the Red Banner
1. Year of birth: 1905
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since June 1941
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
5. Participation in combat (where and when): With the 723rd Rifle Regiment near the villages of Cherdakly, Stepanovka, Krinka, Novo-Pavlovka, and Dmitriyevka between October 1st, 1941 and December 8th, 1941
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): Order of the Red Star for the fighting near Novo-Pavlovka
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Novokubansk Raion, Krasnodar Krai
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits (to be compiled by the staff of the military unit, formation or institution):

During the fighting for Mine nr. 21 Captain Zhukov carried out an important task, assigned to him by the army’s Military Council. He stayed at the front line amid the fighting for 12 hours and, in spite of unceasing aerial bombardments, correctly analyzed the situation, regularly informing the Military Council. In exceptionally complex conditions during the fighting along the Don River, Comrade Zhukov carried out important tasks assigned to him by the Military Council. He flew to the units at the front line in an U-2 aircraft, despite the fact that enemy aircraft dominated the skies. Comrade Zhukov is a fearless Red Army officer, always carrying out his combat missions with honour and never sparing his strength.

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Chief of the Operations Section, 18th Army staff
Colonel [signed] /Kristalny/
November 9th, 1942

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of staff of the 18th Army
Major General [signed] /Kharitonov/
December 10th, 1942

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Commander of the 18th Army
Major General [signed] /Grechko/

Member of the Military Council
Colonel [signed] /Goldenshtein/
December 14th, 1942

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Original signed by the commander of the Black Sea Group of the Transcaucasian Front
Lieutenant General /I. Petrov/

Member of the Military Council
/Seleznev/
January 4th, 1943

Correct: senior assistant chief of the 3rd Subsection of the Personnel Section of the Black Sea Group
Quartermaster 3rd Grade [signed]

By Order of the 18th Army nr. 05/N of February 23rd, 1943 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Assistant chief of the 2nd Subsection of the Personnel Section
[signed]

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[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Order


Secret
Copy nr. 1

[Pencil: North Caucasian Front; April 11th, 1943]

Order

Of the 18th Landing Army

Nr. 05/N

February 23rd, 1943

Active Army

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:

The Order of the Red Star to:

[…]

2. Major Vasily Sergeyevich Zhukov, Assistant Chief of a subsection of the Operations Section, 18th Army Staff

[…]

Commander of the 18th Landing Army
Major General [signed] /Koroteyev/

Member of the Military Council
Colonel [signed] /Komarov/

Army chief of staff
Colonel [signed] /Pavlovsky/

Chief of the Personnel Section
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Katerushin/


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[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Major Vasily Sergeyevich Zhukov's Order of the Red Star, #181773. Photographs/scans used with permission.

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[CtahhR]

An excellent citation with researchable locations.

I believe he deserves the Red...... Banner.