Photographs Of Recipients Of Soviet Awards/Service Personnel.

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This photograph lacks any data as to who these man were, which makes me doubt they were just a trade delegation to Cuba, even though they all have civilian clothes.

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They were at least parallel to the Cuban Missile Crisis if nothing else.

They are mentioned in this CIA dispatch from 7th November 1962 and were then photographed in Havana.

A 100 passenger vessel, doesn't mention the number of crew.

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Thanks for this material. I thought that the ship name on the photograph was irrelevant, now I know it was there on purpose.
The guy on the foreground of the photograph could actually by the one from "my" photo, but he can as well be adifferent person. A pity there's no caption on the back of it.

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Here is a shot of 5 servicemen in Manchuria just after the Soviet-Japanese War.

China, Mukden 25th September 1945.
Combat friends for the time of service in the army.
From left to right.
1 Platoon Commander Junior Lieutenant Gorshkov, Petr Ivanovich
2 Junior Lieutenant Zverev
3 Junior Lieutenant German
4 Private of the Command Section Kotkin, Aleksandr
Decorated
Martynov, Petr Ivanovich

For the memory of a parent, Mama, Sister.

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Another snap from Martynov's album. Nikolaj Efimovich Pishkov in Port Arthur on 26th April 1946.

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This next snap from his album is of Aleksandr Andreevich Kotkin from the Udmurt ASSR.

Kotkin was awarded the Medal "For Bravery" on 20th August 1943 whilst a machinegunner in the 407th Rifle Regiment. The 407th didn't go east so he must have changed units.
They served together in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Mongolia, Manchuria and China.

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Next from the album is Il'ja Arhipovich Boposov who served with Martynov at Port Arthur. Pictured here on 12th January 1950.

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Here is another one. Nikolaj Sharipov. A friend from 23rd August 1944 and they were in Central Asia together. Field Post 10015 - which I can't track down.

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Another from Martyanov's album.

From the left.
Juniour Sergeant Neustroev, Dmitrij
Morgun, Ivan
Rosskaz, Ivan

Inchinzy Station, Kwantung (Port Arthur)

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Next is Nikolaj Dmitrievich Kornienko, photographed in Daqing after battling through Romania, Czechoslovakia and Manchuria. There was a Nikolaj Dmitrievich Kornienko in the 610th Rifle Regiment, 203rd Rifle Division (which ended the war in Port Arthur). Kornienko got a OPWII'85.