Red Star,1495564,Head Of Medical Section,Evacuation Hospital #2015

[ade stevenson]

Hi Guys, just had the research through on this one.

Cheers, Ade.

[ade stevenson]

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[ade stevenson]

Record card

Record card

Order booklet nr. A-424946

1. Last name: Volynskaya
2. First name and patronymic: Zoya Arkadyevna
3. Military rank: Reserve Major of the Medical Service
4. Sex: Female
5. Year of birth: 1906
6. Place of birth: City of Krasnopolye, Mogilyov Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a member
8. Education: Higher
9. Nationality: Jewish
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From June 1941 through November 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Chief of the Surgical Section of Evacuation Hospital nr. 2015, Front Evacuation Point nr. 50, Leningrad Front
12. Current place of service and position: Surgeon at Polyclinic nr. 36
13. Home address of the awardee: 6 Zhukovsky Street, apartment 53, Leningrad

14. Record of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal Serial number Number of the document Ground of award
Order of the Red Star 1495564 Temporary certificate nr. Ye-651345 Order of the Leningrad Front nr. 01784/N of December 22, 1944
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class 519097 Temporary certificate nr. Zh-377791 Order of the 2nd Belorussian Front nr. 0792 of July 12, 1945


Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Military commissar of the Dzerzhinsky Raion
Major [signed]
October 21, 1946

[ade stevenson]

Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the Leningrad Front

Active Army – Nr. 01784/N – December 22, 1944

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for carrying out tasks assigned by front command, I award:

[…]

The Order of the Red Star to:

[…]

82. Captain of the Medical Service Zoya Arkadyevna Volynskaya, chief of the Medical Section of Evacuation Hospital nr. 2015

[…]

On behalf of the commander of the Leningrad Front
Colonel General [signed] /M. Popov/

Member of the Military Council of the Leningrad Front
Lieutenant General [signed] /N. Solovyov/

Deputy chief of staff of the Leningrad Front
Major General [signed] /Tikhomirov/

[ade stevenson]

Award sheet

Award sheet

Last name, first name, and patronymic: Volynskaya, Zoya Arkadyevna
Military rank: Captain of the Medical Service
Position and unit: Chief of the Medical Section of Evacuation Hospital nr. 2015
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1906
2. Nationality: Jewish
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since June 25, 1941
4. Party affiliation: Not a member
5. Participation in the combat (where and when): No
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously: Medal for the Defense of Leningrad
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Dzerzhinsky Raion, city of Leningrad
9. Permanent home address: _______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

She has been a surgeon for five years. During the Patriotic War she has acquired the experience to operate as an independent surgeon. She is disciplined and capable of taking initiative. During the offensives she worked without regard for the time of day and her sickly constitution. She performed 290 operations, 180 of which were carried out to make wounds heal quicker.

Chief of Evacuation Hospital nr. 2015
Major of the Medical Service [signed] /Kirzner/
June 21, 1944



He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of Front Evacuation Point nr. 50
Colonel of the Medical Service [signed] /Spiridonov/
September 19, 1944



He deserves the ….

Chief of the Medical Service of the Leningrad Front
Major General of the Medical Service /Verkhovsky/
… …, 1944



He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Rear and deputy commander of the Leningrad Front
Lieutenant General of the Quartermaster Service /Shilov/
… …, 1944

[CtahhR]

I would very much like to know what the other 110 operations were if not to make wounds heal faster......
Lance a boil? Euthanasia? Vasectomy?

[ade stevenson]

I have tried to have her service record researched. But sadly nothing has been found.

Cheers, Ade.

[Bill Garvy]

That is surprising...

[ade stevenson]

I am a bit dissappointed Bill. I was reallly hoping to see a photo of her.

Cheers, Ade.

[CtahhR]

Here is the original citation.