Red Star,1901844,Light Machinegunner,129th Guards Leningrad Rifle Regiment

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Order booklet nr. B-648102

1. Last name: Abudenov
2. First name and patronymic: Pyotr Filippovich
3. Military rank: Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1919
6. Place of birth: Village of Grabilovo, Krestsy Raion, Novgorod Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Candidate member of the Communist Party since 1945
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From 1943 through 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Rifleman in the 129th Rifle Regiment, 45th Guards Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Laboratory assistant at the Krestsy ______ Factory, Novgorod Oblast
13. Home address of the awardee: Krestsy ______ Factory, city of Krestsy, Krestsy Raion, Novgorod Oblast

14. Record of all awards received:

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

Medal for Courage 1540868 G-020247 Order of the 129th Rifle Regiment, 45th Guards Rifle Division nr. 067/N of September 27, 1944

Order of the Red Star 1901844 Z-320687 Order of the 45th Guards Rifle Division, Leningrad Front nr. 080/N of June 7, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Germany - L-0477023 Decree of May 9, 1945

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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

Military commissar of the Krestsy Raion
Major [signed]
January 9, 1947


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Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Abudenov, Pyotr Filippovich
Military rank: Guards Private
Position and unit: Light machine gunner in the 129th Guards Leningrad Rifle Regiment, 45th Guards Krasnoye Selo Order of Lenin Red Banner Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1919
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since July 1941
4. Party affiliation: Candidate member of the Communist Party
5. Participation in combat (where and when): Has been participating in the Patriotic War since July 1941
6. Wounds and contusions received: Slightly wounded on September 5, 1943; severely wounded on January 16, 1944; severely wounded on March 20, 1944
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): Medal for Courage in September 1944 by Order of the 129th Guards Leningrad Rifle Regiment, 45th Guards Krasnoye Selo Order of Lenin Red Banner Rifle Division nr. 067/N of September 27, 1944
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Krestsy Raion, Novgorod Oblast
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):

Comrade Abudennov participated in the Patriotic War since July 1941. Serving as a rifleman, he and his regiment took part in offensives near Moskovskaya Dubrovka in September 1942, near Sinyavino in September 1943, at Narva in February 1944, and on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, and he took part in the liberation of Soviet Estonia in September 1944 and the defeat of the enemy forces in Courland in February 1945. During these battles he displayed courage and bravery and received one light and two severe wounds.

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

Commander of the 129th Guards Leningrad Rifle Regiment
Guards Colonel [signed] /Zakharov/
May 27, 1945

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

Commander of the 45th Guards Krasnoye Selo Order of Lenin Red Banner Rifle Division
Guards Major General [signed] /Trusov/
May 31, 1945

By Order of the 45th Guards Krasnoye Selo Order of Lenin Red Banner Rifle Division nr. 080/N of June 7, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Personnel Section of the 45th Guards Krasnoye Selo Order of Lenin Red Banner Rifle Division
Guards Captain [signed] /Petrov/
June 9, 1945

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Secret
Copy nr. 1

Order

Of the 45th Guards Krasnoye Selo Order of Lenin Red Banner Rifle Division

Active Army – Nr. 080/N – June 7, 1945

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:

1. Guards Private Pyotr Filippovich Abudenov, Light Machine Gunner in the 129th Guards Leningrad Rifle Regiment

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Commander of the 45th Guards Krasnoye Selo Order of Lenin Red Banner Rifle Division
Guards Major General [signed] /Trusov/

Chief of staff of the 45th Guards Krasnoye Selo Order of Lenin Red Banner Rifle Division
Guards Colonel [signed] /Milenin/
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[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Guards Private Pyotr Filippovich Abudenov's Order of the Red Star, #1901844. Photographs/scans used with permission.

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