Red Star,0258440,Platoon Commander,2nd Mortar Company,240th Guards Rifle Regiment

[Bill Garvy]

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Order booklet nr. A-971650

1. Last name: Tulumbasov
2. First name and patronymic: Mikhail Andreyevich
3. Military rank: Guards Junior Lieutenant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1923
6. Place of birth: Village of Mertovshchina, Chamzinka Raion, Mordovian ASSR
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1943
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From March 1942 to January 1946
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Commander of a mortar company of the 240th Guards Rifle Regiment, 74th Guards Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Temporarily unemployed
13. Home address of the awardee: Village of Mertovshchina, Chamzinka Raion, Mordovian ASSR

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 Star 258440 1067655 Order of the 74th Guards Rifle Division nr. 26/N of August 29, 1943

Medal for Courage 569739 A-084830 Order of the 29th Guards Rifle Corps nr. 17/N of November 1, 1943

Medal for the Victory over Germany - Zh-0146950 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 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 Chamzinka Raion, Mordovian ASSR
[signed]
March 5, 1946

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[Bill Garvy]

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Order

Of the 74th Guards Rifle Division

August 29, 1943 – Nr. 26/N – 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 hereby displayed valor and bravery, I award:

The Order of the Red Star to:

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9. Guards Junior Lieutenant Mikhail Andreyevich Tulumbasov, mortar platoon leader in the 240th Guards Rifle Regiment

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Commander of the 74th Guards Rifle Division
Guards Major General [signed] /V. Sokolov/

Chief of staff
Guards Lieutenant Colonel /Lebed/


Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Tulumbasov, Mikhail Andreyevich
2. Rank: Guards Junior Lieutenant
3. Position and unit: Commander of the 1st Platoon, 2nd Mortar Company, 240th Guards Rifle Regiment, 74th Guards Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1923
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): In the Patriotic War from October 25, 1942 to February 2, 1943 on the Stalingrad Front and since April 10, 1943 on the Southwestern Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: One wound
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1942
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Chamzinka Raion, Mordovian ASSR
11. Which awards received previously (for which merits): Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Village of Mertovshchina, Chamzinka Raion, Mordovian ASSR. Mother: Vera Klimentyevna Tulumbasova

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

During the fighting against the German-fascist invaders on the South-western Front, comrade Tulumbasov displayed bravery, steadfastness, and skilful leadership of his platoon during combat. During the fighting near the village of Sukhaya Kamenka from July 17 to 21, 1943 his platoon killed up to a 100 hitlerites and destroyed 2 enemy mounted machine guns, 1 37-mm gun, and 1 observation post. He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 240th Guards Rifle Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Mazh_____/
August 4, 1943


He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 74th Guards Rifle Division
Guards Major General [signed] /Sokolov/
August 29, 1943


By Order of the 74th Guards Rifle Division nr. 26/N of August 29, 1943 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the 4th Section
Guards Captain of Administrative Service [signed] /Shabunin/
August 31, 1943


Scans of this Order of the Red Star will be posted soon. . .
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[Bill Garvy]

Guards Junior Lieutenant Mikhail Andreyevich Tulumbasov's Oder of the Red Star, #258440. . .