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Glory III,030773,Rifleman,223rd Rifle Division,Ukraine,KIA In Yugoslavia - patricko - 06-09-2012

Record card

Record card of an awardee

Last name: Tsvetkov
First name: Aleksei
Patronymic: Nikiforovich
Rank: Private
Position and unit: Rifleman in the 1037th Rifle Regiment

Awarded:


Order of Glory, 3rd Class Order nr. 02/N of January 10, 1944 [Stamp: “For combat with the German invaders”]

[blue stamp: “Award issued”]


Home address: Krapivinsky Raion, Kemerovo Oblast. 223rd Rifle Division, 2nd Ukrainian Front

Biographical particulars

1. Year of birth: 1900
2. Place of birth:
3. Party membership and period: Not a member
4. Nationality: Russian
5. Period of service in the Red Army:
6. Award documents are located in file nr.:

Awards issued:

Order of Glory, 3rd Class April 22, 1944 30773 Temporary certificate nr. B-196025


Other remarks:


Glory III,030773,Rifleman,223rd Rifle Division,Ukraine,KIA In Yugoslavia - patricko - 06-09-2012

Award sheet



1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Tsvetkov, Aleksei Nikiforovich
2. Rank: Private
3. Position and unit: Rifleman in the 3rd Rifle Battalion, 1037th Rifle Regiment, 223rd Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3rd Class
4. Year of birth: 1900
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): On the Stalingrad Front since August 15, 1942; on the Northcaucasian Front since January 1, 1943; on the Southwestern Front since August 15, 1943; and on the 2nd Ukrainian Front since October 20, 1943
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Sustained one wound
9. Since when in the Red Army: 1942
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Kemerovo Raion
11. Which awards received previously (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: _______________

Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:


During the offensive near the Sotninsky farm on December 20, 1943 comrade Tsvetkov showed himself a brave soldier. Tsvetkov decided to destroy an enemy machine gun, which was firing from a trench at our infantry. He crawled toward the machine gun and destroyed the machine gun and its entire crew with 2 grenades.

During the fighting for the Sotninsky farm on December 16, 1943 comrade Tsvetkov was the first to break through to the enemy positions, which contributed to the success of the overall cause.



Commander of the 1037th Rifle Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Kravchenko /
December 30, 1943



By Order of the 223rd Rifle Division nr. 02 of January 10, 1944 awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.

Chief of the 4th Section of the staff of the 223rd Rifle Division
Senior Lieutenant of Administrative Service [signed] / Yakovlev /
January 10, 1944


Glory III,030773,Rifleman,223rd Rifle Division,Ukraine,KIA In Yugoslavia - patricko - 06-09-2012

Sotninsky = Сотнинский = Sotnyts'ke, Новгородковский р-н, Ukraine

48°19'50"N 32°49'26"E


Glory III,030773,Rifleman,223rd Rifle Division,Ukraine,KIA In Yugoslavia - patricko - 06-09-2012

Цветков, Алексей Никифорович ' OGIII


Glory III,030773,Rifleman,223rd Rifle Division,Ukraine,KIA In Yugoslavia - patricko - 06-09-2012

Headquarters of the 223rd Rifle Division
4th Section
October 30, 1944
Nr. 01927/U


[Stamp: Department for Recording Losses of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men of the Active Army]

November 22, 1944

Secret
Copy nr. 2


To the chief of the Department for Recording Losses of Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men of the Active Army, city of Moscow

A copy to the chief of the Section for Recording Losses of Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men of the 57th Army

I hereby present list of names nr. 44 with the irrecoverable losses of the 223rd Rifle Division, numbering 170 men over the period from October 20 to 30, 1944.

Attachment: list of names nr. 44 on 5 pages, schemes on 14 pages, all in all 19 pages.

Chief of staff of the 223rd Rifle Division
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Panfilov /

Chief of the 4th Section
Major of Administrative Service [signed] / Sosedov /



Glory III,030773,Rifleman,223rd Rifle Division,Ukraine,KIA In Yugoslavia - patricko - 06-09-2012

List of names nr. 4
Of irrecoverable losses of the 223rd Rifle Division over the period from October 20 to 30, 1944


[…]

From the 1037th Rifle Regiment

[…]

1. Number: 90
2. Last name, first name and patronymic: Tsvetkov, Aleksei Nikiforovich
3. Military rank: Private
4. Position: Rifleman
5. Party affiliation: Not a member
6. Year and place of birth: Born in 1900 in the village of Ivanovka, Kalinin Oblast
7. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Krapivinsky Raion, Kemerovo Oblast
8. When and why removed from the roster: Killed on October 8, 1944 in Yugoslavia
9. Buried where: Buried near the village of Bogovina, Maravsky Oblast, Yugoslavia, in a grave next to a free-standing house, 150 m east of the road, 100 m south of the railway
10. Last name, first name, patronymic and address of his family: Wife: Yekaterina Nikolayevna Tsvetkova. Address: Village of Isayevo, Krapivinsky Raion, Kemerovo Oblast

[…]

Chief of staff of the 223rd Rifle Division
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Panfilov /

Chief of the 4th Section
Major of Administrative Service [signed] / Sosedov /



Glory III,030773,Rifleman,223rd Rifle Division,Ukraine,KIA In Yugoslavia - patricko - 06-09-2012

Secret
Copy nr. 1

[Stamp: February 19, 1948]

Military Commissariat of the Kargasok Composite Raion
January 14, 1948
Nr. 2/027


To the chief of the Department for Recording Losses of Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men of the Active Army, city of Moscow

I hereby present list of names nr. 44 with the irrecoverable losses of the Kargasok Raion, Tomsk Oblast. I ask you to record this and send a confirmation.

Attachment: the aforementioned on 4 pages.

Military commissar
Guards Major [signed] /Parkhomovich /

Officer of the military commissariat
Captain [signed] / Korotkevich /



Glory III,030773,Rifleman,223rd Rifle Division,Ukraine,KIA In Yugoslavia - patricko - 06-09-2012

List of names
Of irrecoverable losses of the Kargasok Raion, Tomsk Oblast from the Patriotic War of 1941–1945


[…]

Number: 12
Last name, first name and patronymic: Tsvetkov, Aleksei Nikiforovich
Military rank: Private
Position: Rifleman
Party affiliation: Not a member
Year of birth: Born in 1900
Place of birth: City of Leningrad
Drafted by which military commissariat and when: Military Commissariat of the Kemerovo Raion, Kemerovo Oblast in July 1941
When and why removed from the roster: We must assume he went missing in action in November 1944
Place of burial: PP [Field post nr.?] 09326
11. Next of kin: kinship, last name, first name and patronymic: Wife: Matrena Afanasyevna Tsvetkova
12. Place of residence: Village of Petrovka, Tymsky Rural Municipality

[…]

Number: 2
Last name, first name and patronymic: Tsvetkov, Aleksei Nikiforovich
Military rank: Private
Position: Rifleman
Party affiliation: Not a member
Year of birth: Born in 1900
Place of birth: City of Leningrad
Drafted by which military commissariat and when: Military Commissariat of the Kargasok Raion, Tambov Oblast in July 1941
When and why removed from the roster: We must assume he went missing in action in August 1944
Place of burial: PP [Field post nr.?] 09326
11. Next of kin: kinship, last name, first name and patronymic: Wife: Matrena Afanasyevna Tsvetkova
12. Place of residence: Tymsky Rural Municipality, Kargasok Raion, Tambov Oblast

[…]

Military commissar
Guards Major [signed] / Parkhomovich /

Officer of the military commissariat
Captain [signed] / Korotkevich /



Glory III,030773,Rifleman,223rd Rifle Division,Ukraine,KIA In Yugoslavia - CtahhR - 06-09-2012

Outstanding.


Glory III,030773,Rifleman,223rd Rifle Division,Ukraine,KIA In Yugoslavia - patricko - 06-09-2012

Record card
Of a military cemetery


Union Republic of Yugoslavia
Communal grave in the city of Zaječar (Serbia)


1. Place and date of burial: City of Zaječar (Serbia), September – October 30, 1944, December 30, 1962
2. Type of cemetery: Communal grave
3. Size of the cemetery: 30 x 40 m, good condition
4. Short description of the cemetary’s memorial (headstone): A tomb with a granite memorial on top of it, surrounded by decorative columns and stones
5. Number of men buried: 1226 servicemen, including 1119 known and 107 unknown men
6. Personal particulars about the men buried: See attached lists
7. Who is the patron of the cemetery: The local community ‘Gimok’, the Communal War Veterans Committee of Zaječar, and the ‘Lyubitsa Radosavlevich – Nada’ School
8. Photo of the cemetery:
9. Scheme of the arrangement of the cemetery: The last review of the cemetery was conducted by representatives of the military attaché’s office and the Embassy of the Russian Federation on May 8, 1993
10. Representative of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR: Major [signed] /V. Dykan/
11. Additional information about the cemetery: Along the Danube River in Eastern Serbia units of the 75th Mechanized Corps of the 2nd Ukrainian Front and of the 68th and 64th Corps of the 3rd Ukrainian Front were active.

As per request of the embassy, Major Ivan Ivanovich Kalashnikov, who had been killed on September 27, 1944, was entered in the book containing the names of the Soviet soldiers who are buried in the city of Zaječar.

Representative of the local authorities: [signed]

Date: December 15, 1993