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Comrade XXX participates in the Patriotic War since June 1941. Since the first days of combat with the German invaders, he held a series of command positions: from June to October 1941 as commander of the 20th Tank Division and later commander of the 4th Tank Brigade.

Commanding the 4th Tank Brigade near the city of Oryol, he defeated the group of General Guderian, for which the 4th Tank Brigade by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was renamed to 1st Guards Tank Brigade, and comrade XXX was awarded the Order of Lenin.

In October 1941, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade under command of comrade XXX participated in the destruction of the Germans near Moscow. From November 1941 to April 1942 comrade XXX commanded the operational group of forces of the Southwestern Front, where units under command of comrade XXX destroyed the German 44th, 98th, and 99th Infantry Divisions.

Comrade XXX and his 3rd Mechanized Corps got subordinated to the Kalinin Front in October 1942. From 25 November to 31 December 1942, units of the 3rd Mechanized Corps under command of comrade XXX were continuously in combat and inflicted heavy losses upon the enemy.

Destroyed or partially destroyed were the 12th Tank Division, SS Division Grossdeutschland, the 86th and 95th Infantry Divisions, the 632nd Sapper Battalion and other reinforcements. During these battles, up to 13,000 soldiers and officers were killed and up to 150 tanks, 200 guns, and 450 machine guns were destroyed or put out of action. Up to 350 bunkers and 9 depots with various kinds of equipment and ammunition were destroyed.

In tough combat with significantly superior enemy forces, the corps under command of comrade XXX carried out the missions assigned by the military council and maintained its combat readiness.

For the well-organized management in a difficult combat situation with a superior enemy in a decisive sector and for the defeat of the enemy, achieved by good coordination, comrade XXX deserves to be awarded the Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class.