Translation Help

[AlexF.]

That's a diploma for ships mechanic, 2nd rank.

Alex.

[sovvisor]

Hi all my friends. I have bought some papers on ebay and I would need some help with translation. There are 2 documents for SMERSH and 2 for NKVD of which one is addressed to Berija.
All help is much appreciated. Please put your reply under the document you are referring to.
Best

[late]

Not knowing any Russian. I would be grateful if someone could help me in translating the name on the attached document.

Regards

Late

[charlet]

Leonid Fedorovich Mikhal'kov.

[Bazanov]

I found these docs and first of all, is it the same person who where awarded these documents?
And what are the documents? Some one said he was a reserve officer in the navy but im not shure...

[charlet]

Hi frederik, this is nice set !
Yoy have: an officer booklet (military booklet or voienny billet) to the name of Serguei Dmitrievitch Tudin, for an end of career 1971? (49 old in 1971);
Then his komosomol booklet (he was 14);
And an identification pass for the local comity of the komsomol of the krai of Primorsk (?).

[Al-muell]

I would reather say that "Primorskiy Kray" means "region by the sea" (Yes, I know this is tha name of administratinal region in USSR/Russia), but can be mistaken of course.

[otlichnik]

Whie primorskiy does mean by the sea, when you see Primorskiy Krai in print like that it always refers to the specific region in Russia and is not translated any more than you would change England to "Land of the Angles" or Novgorod to "New Town".

Shawn

[Al-muell]

I understand and am not for translating geographical names (especially that some of them are barely translatable), but this is just a small remark to what Charlet said:
"krai of Primorsk (?)."
what would suggest it is the region near the city of Primorsk (like e.g. "krasnoiarskiy krai") while, as far as I know, it isn't. I don't say it's a mistake, but just want to make it more clear if neccessary.

[otlichnik]

You are right that it is not by the city of the same name. Primorskiy Krai is an independent Krai on the Soviet East Coast not far from Vladivostok (IIRC).

While these docs look ok beware of Primorskiy Krai docs as that is one of the fake stamps being used.

Shawn