Red Star,1045078,Party Organiser,56th Rifle Division,Latvian Border

[Tommy]

Family name: Nazarenko
Name: Mikhail
Patronymic: Danilovich 
Rank: Lieutenant
Place of Service: 37th Rifle Regiment, 56th Rifle Division

Awards

Which order of medal was awarded Date of the Decree of the Supreme Soviet For what reason awarded

Medal For Bravery 043/N of 18.4.1944 of the 56th Rifle Division For Combat with the German invaders

Order of the Red Star 1045078
Award Document V868134

Home address: Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Pokrovsky Area, City of Aleksandrovka 
Year of birth: 1914
Place of birth: - 
Party membership: Party member

[Tommy]

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Nazarenko, Mikhal Danilovich
2. Rank: Lieutenant
3. Duty position: Battalion Party Organizer, 37th Rifle Regiment, 56th Pushkin Red Banner Rifle Division 

Recommendation for the Order of the Red Star

4. Born: 1914
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: Party member 
7. Previous combat: In the Patriotic War since 1941 
8. Wounds and contusions: In the patriotic war; lightly wounded 6.10.1941, 15.5.1941 & 7.8.1941 
9. Since when in the Red Army: since 1941
10. Inducted by : Pokrovsky Military Commissariat, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
11. Previous awards: N/A
12. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured] 

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

Lieutenant Nazarenko, during the offensive operations from 18 to 22.07, from 28.07 to 3.08 and from 5.08 to 7.08 1944 clearly organized the mass-political work in the battalion, during the battles he correctly supervised the work of the Communists in the battalion to ensure the completion of the combat orders of the battalion commander. 

On 18.07.1944 he crossed the river Blue and whilst being part of the combat formations with a rifle company he organized the personnel to repel the enemy counterattacks.

On 07.08.1944 whilst reflecting the enemy counterattacks, his personal example inspired the fighters. He was wounded in this battle.

Commander of the 37th Rifle Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel / [signed] / Derzsky

Deputy Regiment Commander for Political Affairs 
Major / [signed] / Torlov
15th August 1944

Deserves the Governmental award, the Order of the Red Star
Head of the Political Department for the 56th Pushkin Red Banner Rifle Division
Lieutenant Colonel / [signed] / Ovechkin
?? August 1944

Deserves the Governmental award, the Order of the Red Star
Commander of the 56th Pushkin Red Banner Rifle Division
Guards General-Major / Rebrikov 
¬__ August 1944

Awarded the Order of the Red Star by decree of the Division Commander No.043/N of 18.04.1944
Chief of Personnel Department for the Division
Captain of the Administrative Services / [signed] / Bolottsev
18th August 1944

[Tommy]

Its seen better days!

[CtahhR]

The records for this chap seem to be a bit confused. The unseen record card translation states Red Star plus Medal "For Bravery" but "the site" states Red Star plus Patriotic War II.

Those desk jockeys cocking it up again?

[Tommy]

There is a second record card for the OPW which I didnt post.

No sight of the bravery medal wrote up online though which is a shame.


I had the other day whose real name was

Ivan Sergeivich something or other

But when the clerk was writing up the citation for one of his awards it was written

Sergei Ivanovich something or other

Same guy but back to front

[CtahhR]

There certainly are some frustrating and amusing clerical errors out there. Sometimes with larger groups and less common names you can see a fine selection of errors. Having an obscure Viking name (7% of all people on the US Census of 2010 and the only one in PA) I've been subjected some extremely strange clerical errors myself. I suppose that is somewhat similar to Russian speakers having difficultly with names of other ethnicities and nationalities (and vis versa). When you invert a name it's probably time for a coffee.

[Rogi]

Epic addition :D congrats Tommy :D