Red Star,1044078,Head Of Artillery Supply,505th Separate Mortar Regiment

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Here is Red Star #1044078.

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Awarded to Aleksandr Afanas'evich Kiselev on 19th November 1944.

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1. Family, Name And Patronym, Kiselev, Aleksandr Afanas'evich
2. Rank, Captain
3. Position, Unit, Head Of Artillery Supply, 505th Separate Mortar Novgorod Regiment Reserve Of The High Command
Presented for the Order "Red Star".
4. Year Of Birth, 1918
5. Nationality, Russian
6. Party Membership, Member VKP(b)
7. Participation in the Civil War, subsequent military activity in defence of the USSR and Patriotic War /where, when/ Finnish War 1939-1940 and Patriotic War Volhov and Leningrad Fronts from 1941.
8. Had Which Wounds And Contusions in the Patriotic War - Not Had.
9. Since What Time In Red Army, From 1936.
10. Which Regional Military Commissariat Called, Tula Regional Military Commissariat, Tula Oblast
11. Has which awards (for which distinction), Award not had

For that, for the stretch of all combat activities of the regiment timely and uninterruptedly supplying ammunition, thereby ensuring the successful performance of combat tasks. Often under enemy artillery-mortar fire personally leading the delivery of mines directly to the firing positions of the batteries. That in the region of Vasknarva the enemy shells put out of service the mortars, despite of continued fire he courageously lead the elimination of damage to the mortars. In this moment despite of difficulties of providing ammunition (The regiment did not have its transport) Comrade Kisilev with his own energetic activities fully supplied subunits ammunition for the forthcoming operations in the region of the fire positions at Sõrve, ESSR. For courage and resolute manifestation in combat providing the regiment is worthy of the Governmental Award Order "Red Star".
Commander Of The 505th Separate Mortar Novgorod Regiment
Major Emtsov
14-11-1944

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Here is a pair of photographs of the recipient.