Red Star,1001374,Communications Squad Commander,4th Tank Army,Lvov-Sandomierz

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Record card

Order Booklet nr. A-762262

1. Last name: Sapozhnikov
2. First name and patronymic: Vladimir Mikhailovich
3. Military rank: Guards Sergeant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1921
6. Place of birth: Kuibyshev Oblast, Stavropol Region, village of Stavropolskoe
7. Party membership (since which year): Since January 1945
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: from October 1940 to October 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and duty position at the time of the award: Master Sergeant – 6th Guards Tank Regiment, 4th Guards Tank Army, 1 Ukrainian Front
12. Current place of service and duty position: Lithuanian SSR, Rudomino District - Foreman, Peatworkers
13. Home address of the awardee: Lithuanian SSR, Vilnius Province, Rudomino District, village of Chernet (?)
14. Record of all awards presented:

Medal for Bravery 1263579 Temporary certificate nr. B-600575 Order of the 17th Guards Mech. Brigade, 6th Guards Mech. Corps nr. 08 of May 6, 1944

Order of the Red Star 1001374 Temporary certificate nr. D-137903 Order of the 17th Guards Mech. Brigade, 6th Guards Mech. Corps nr. 033 of September 8, 1944

Order of Glory, 3rd Class 611324 Temporary certificate nr. Z-596075 Order of the 6th Guards Mech. Corps nr. 021 of April 11, 1945


Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee:


Vilnius Province Military Commissariat
Major [signed] / Voitovich /
March 24, 1947

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Sapozhnikov, Vladimir Mikhailovich
2. Rank: Guards Sergeant
3. Duty position and unit: Signals Squad Leader – 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion, 17th Guards Red Banner Order of Suvorov Mechanized Brigade, 6th Guards Red Banner Lvov Mechanized Corps, 4th Tank Army
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1921
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol since 1941
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Patriotic War 10.07.1941 through 21.09.1942 and since 15.02.1943
8. Wounds and contusions received: Seriously wounded 21.09.1942
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 4.07.1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Lenin Regional Military Commissariat, Kuibyshev
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): Awarded the Medal for Bravery 23.04.1944
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: _______________

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment:

On 27 August 1944 near the village of Zbemodka, Comrade Sapozhnikov and his squad were providing continuous communications between combat units, thus permitting the battalion to accomplish its mission.

Under a squall of enemy fire near the village of Sanok on 10 August 1944 he personally repaired the line to the rifle companies. On 23 August 1944 near Peremyshl, he captured 5000 meters of enemy cable.

Comrade Sapozhnikov is a capable commander who conscientiously devotes himself to his assigned tasks. He fully deserves of the Order of the Red Star for his combat feats.
Comrade Sapozhnikov is present in the unit.


Commander of the 1st MRB,
Guards Captain [signed] / Tsarev /

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

Commander of the 17th Guards Red Banner Order of Suvorov Mechanized Brigade,
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Priezentsev /
September 6, 1944

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Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

[Stamped “1 Ukrainian Front”]

Order


Of the 17th Guards Red Banner and Order of Suvorov Mechanized Brigade, 6th Guards Red Banner Lvov Mechanized Corps, 4th Tank Army, 1st Ukrainian Front

September 8, 1944 – Nr. 033 – Active Army

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, I award the following decorations for exemplary accomplishment of the Command’s missions in the struggle against the German invaders and for having displayed valor and bravery:

The Order of the Red Star to:

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9. Guards Sergeant Vladimir Mikhailovich Sapozhnikov – Signals Squad Leader, 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion

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Commander of the 17th Guards Red Banner and Order of Suvorov Mechanized Brigade
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Priezentsev /


Chief of staff of the 17th Guards Red Banner and Order of Suvorov Mechanized Brigade
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Churilov /

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Сапожников, Владимир Михайлович ' ORS

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Sanok

Przemysl (Poland)


(Карты из Большой Советской Энциклопедии (3-е изд., М. Советская энциклопедия, 1969-78 гг., в 30-ти томах)