Sychev, Nikolaj Logvinovich, Guards Red Army Soldier, 267th Guards Rifle Regiment

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Record card

Certificate nr. 955658

1. Last name: Sychov
2. First name and patronymic: Nikolai Logvinovich
3. Military rank: Guards Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1925
6. Place of birth: Village of Nikolsk, Novogeorgiyevsky Raion, Kirovograd Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Komsomol since May 1944
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since November 1943
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Telephone operator in the 267th Guards Rifle Regiment, 89th Guards Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Senior telephone operator in the 74th Guards Mechanized Regiment, 23rd Guards Mechanized Division
13. Home address of the awardee: Village of Nikolsk, Novogeorgiyevsky Raion, Kirovograd Oblast

14. Record of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal/Serial number/Number of the document/Ground of award

Medal for Courage 1110094 Temporary certificate nr. B-638292 Order of the 267th Guards Rifle Regiment nr. 014/N of August 29, 1944

Medal for Courage 3182506 Temporary certificate nr. 809350 Order of the 267th Guards Rifle Regiment nr. 013/N of May 5, 1945

Medal for the Capture of Berlin Permanent certificate nr. A-184158 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 9, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Germany Permanent certificate nr. Shch-178968 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):

Commander of the 74th Guards Mechanized Regiment
Guards Colonel [signed] /Telegin/
July 30, 1946


Research for his second Bravery Medal, #3182506, conferred May 5th, 1945, is pending and will be posted soon. . .
My thanks to Auke for his invaluable assistance.

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[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the 267th Guards Red Banner Rifle Regiment, 89th Guards Belgorod Kharkov Red Banner Rifle Division

May 5th, 1945 – Nr. 013/N – Active Army

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, I award:

The Medal for Courage to:

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31. Guards Private Nikolai Loginovich Sychov, telephone operator in a signal platoon of the 3rd Rifle Battalion, for the fact that he, under heavy enemy fire on Blüming Street [actual spelling may be different, AdV] in the city of Berlin, enabled the combat units’ continuous communications. He repaired 3 breaks in the telephone line. While carrying out his tasks he killed 1 enemy soldier.

Born in 1925, Ukrainian, member of the Komsomol, drafted into the Red Army in May 1944 by the Military Commissariat of the Novogeorgiyevsky Raion, Kirovograd Oblast. Home address: ______________.

[…]

Commander of the 267th Guards Red Banner Rifle Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Stepanenko/

Regimental chief of staff
Guards Major [signed] /Lebedenko/

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[Auke]

[SIZE="3"]Commander of the 74th Guards Mechanized Regiment
Guards Colonel [signed] /Telegin/
July 30, 1946[/SIZE]

He also signed the Berlin and VoG docs, then as commander of the 267th.

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