12-06-2013, 06:37 PM
Award sheet
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1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Toikichev, Kuzma Georgiyevich
2. Rank: Guards Senior Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Gun commander in the 279th Guards Light Artillery Regiment
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1915
5. Nationality: Mari
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): In the Patriotic War, serving on the Western, Bryansk, and Central Front since 1941
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Ioshkar-Ola Raion, Mari Autonomous SSR
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Medal for Courage for the fighting at the village of Isanovo on February 1, 1943
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: {Obscured}
Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or merits:
On July 5, 1943, during the fighting near Podolyan (Glazunovka Raion, Kursk Oblast), he fearlessly and resolutely commanded his gun in combat, despite heavy enemy artillery fire and aerial bombardment, inspiring his entire gun crew through his courage. His crew fired accurately, efficiently, and ceaselessly at the attacking enemy infantry, fighting to the last shell, and only then did comrade Toikichev withdraw his crew and his gun from under enemy fire. As a result of his accurate and intense firing, up to a company of enemy infantry was killed.
He deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 279th Guards Light Artillery Regiment
Guards Major /Zagortsev/
September 1, 1943
I award the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 23rd Guards Light Artillery Brigade
Guards Colonel [signed] /Domrachov/
September 9, 1943
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1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Toikichev, Kuzma Georgiyevich
2. Rank: Guards Senior Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Gun commander in the 279th Guards Light Artillery Regiment
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1915
5. Nationality: Mari
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): In the Patriotic War, serving on the Western, Bryansk, and Central Front since 1941
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Ioshkar-Ola Raion, Mari Autonomous SSR
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Medal for Courage for the fighting at the village of Isanovo on February 1, 1943
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: {Obscured}
Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or merits:
On July 5, 1943, during the fighting near Podolyan (Glazunovka Raion, Kursk Oblast), he fearlessly and resolutely commanded his gun in combat, despite heavy enemy artillery fire and aerial bombardment, inspiring his entire gun crew through his courage. His crew fired accurately, efficiently, and ceaselessly at the attacking enemy infantry, fighting to the last shell, and only then did comrade Toikichev withdraw his crew and his gun from under enemy fire. As a result of his accurate and intense firing, up to a company of enemy infantry was killed.
He deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 279th Guards Light Artillery Regiment
Guards Major /Zagortsev/
September 1, 1943
I award the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 23rd Guards Light Artillery Brigade
Guards Colonel [signed] /Domrachov/
September 9, 1943
Steiner: "Why do you want it so badly? It's just a worthless piece of metal. Look."
