Tarasov, Sergej Vladimirovich, Senior Radio-Telegrapher, 13th Guards Rifle Corps

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Here are Medals "For Bravery" #1150193 and #2169265.

They came undocumented and mis-ribboned on this later double suspension but they belong together.

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1. Family, Tarasov
2. Name And Patronym, Sergej Vladimirovich
3. Military Rank, Guards Corporal
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1925
6. Place Of Birth, Ukrainian SSR, Vinnitskaja Oblast, Tul'chin, Lenin Street House #15
7. Party Membership, Member VKP(b) since 1944
8. Education, Average
9. Nationality, Ukrainian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, 14th April 1943 to 20th November 1945
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 72nd Separate Battalion Of Communications, 13th Guards Rifle Brigade, 2nd Guards Army - Senior Radio-Telegrapher
12. Place of service at the current time, Vinnitskaja Oblast, Jampol' Region, Jampol' Regional Committee Communist Union Of Youth Of Ukraine - Secretary Of The Regional Committee
13. Current address of awarded, Vinnitskaja Oblast, Jampol' Region, Jampol', Lenin Street House #3.

"For Bravery" #1150193 13th Guards Rifle Corps 16th May 1944
"For Bravery" #2169265 13th Guards Rifle Corps 8th March 1945

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1. Family, Name, Patronym. Tarasov, Sergej Vladimirovich
2. Rank. Guards Private
3. Position and unit. Radioist, 72nd Separate Battalion Of Communications
Presented For Medal "For Bravery"
4. Year of birth. 1925
5. Nationality. Ukrainian
6. Party Membership. Member VLKSM
7. Participation in the Civil War, subsequent military activity in defence of the USSR and Patriotic War /where, when/ Southern from 25th January 1943 to 30th November 1943 in the region of Dmitriev. From 30th November 1943 to current time 4th Ukrainian Front
8. Has been wounded, contused in Patriotic War. Not Had.
9. From which time in Red Army. From 16th April 1943.
10. Which Regional Military Commissariat called. Ural'vsk Regional Military Commissariat, Ural'sk
11. Has received awards (for which distinction). Not Awarded

In the period of combat activities for the liberation of Soviet Crimea 9th May 1944 in the region of Mekenzievye Gory and 10th May 1944 on the approaches to Sevastopol during his time on duty at the radio-station he was caught by a bombardment by enemy aviation and artillery batteries and still Comrade Tarasov did not leave his combat post, continuing to provide the command with radio-communications.
Worthy of the Governmental award Medal "For Bravery".

Commander 72nd Separate Battalion Of Communications Guards Major Kordonov

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1. Family, Name, Patronym. Tarasov, Sergej Vladimirovich
2. Rank. Guards Corporal
3. Position and unit. Radio-Telegrapher, 72nd Separate Battalion Of Communications
Presented For Medal "For Bravery"
4. Year of birth. 1925
5. Nationality. Ukrainian
6. Party Membership. Member VKP(b) Ticket #7031858 from September 1944
7. Participation in the Civil War, subsequent military activity in defence of the USSR and Patriotic War /where, when/ 1, From 3rd September 1943 to 30th November 1943 Southern Front. 2, From 30th November 1943 to 15th May 1944 4th Ukrainian Front. 3, From 15th May 1944 to 18th December 1944 1st Baltic Front. 4, From 18th December 1944 to 16th February 1945 3rd Belorussian Front. 6, From 16th February 1945 to current time 1st Baltic Front.
8. Has been wounded, contused in Patriotic War. Not Had.
9. From which time in Red Army. From April 1943.
10. Which Regional Military Commissariat called. Ural'sk Regional Military Commissariat, West Kazakhstan Oblast
11. Has received awards (for which distinction). Medal "For Bravery" Order #36/N of 16th May 1944.

2nd February 1945 in the region of the surrounding of Königsberg groups Comrade Tarasov, whilst in the immediate vicinity of the front line despite a hurricane of enemy artillery fire, maintained uninterrupted radio communications.
8th February 1945 in the settlement point of Medenau, Königsberg District, East Prussia, Comrade Tarasov performed combat orders in maintaining radio communications under heavy enemy artillery fire. When a fragment of enemy shell shrapnel damaged the antenna and created a danger of breaking radio communications Comade Tarasov despite the risk eliminated the damage and radio communications did not cease.

Comrade Tarasov is worthy of the governmental award Medal "For Bravery".

72nd Separate Guards Battalion Of Communications Guards Captain Pimenov