Biography Card
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Burba, Grigorii Antonovich
2. Nationality: Ukrainian
3. Knowledge of foreign languages: n/a
4. Born: 28 September 1905
5. Place of birth: Ukrainian SSR, Zhitomir Oblast, Radomashn
6. Social origins: peasant
7. Party membership: since 1930 #0264759
8. Education: general – 7th grade in 1922 and night school in 1925; military – Signal Officer Course in 1932 in Kiev
9. Service in the Old Army: n/a
10. Service in the White Army or other foreign armies: n/a
11. Promotions: SR LT in 1936, CPT in 1938, MAJ on Western Front 17.03.42, LTC 18.04.43, COL 27.6.50
12. Patriotic War service: liberation of Western Ukraine in 1932, GPW 1941-1945
13. Other foreign campaigns: n/a
14. Prisoner, encircled: n/a
15. Decorations: OPWII in 1945, RS in 1944, Moscow Medal in 1943, VoG Medal in 1945, Capture of Koenigsberg in 1945
16. ID: Series 64 #189926, Series PS #21473
17. Inducted by: worked for father, inducted October 1942 by Rodomeshlskii RMC, Zhitomir Oblast
18. Service:
Private; Signals Company; 17 Rifle Corps 12.11.1927
Cadet; Signals Section; 17 Rifle Corps 1.1.1928
Squad Leader; Signals Section; 17 Rifle Corps 20.10.1928
Squad Leader; Independent Signals Section; 17 Rifle Corps 15.10.1929
Deputy Platoon Leader; same; 17 Rifle Corps 29.10.1930
Acting Platoon Leader; same; same 11.08.1931
School Platoon Leader; same; same 05.09.1932
Acting Company Commander; Independent Signals Btn; same 22.2.1934
Company Commander; same; same 29.4.1936
Acting Chief of Staff; same; same 10.12.1937
Chief of Staff; same; same 2.04.1938
Deputy Chief of Signals; Odessa Army Group 19.9.1938
At disposal of Signals Bureau, USSR 11.01.1940
Chief of Field Communications Section; 31 Reserve Army 12.1941
Deputy Chief of Signals Section; 5 Army; Western Front 19.01.1943
Military Post Office Chief; Signals Directorate; (?) Military Dist. 26.08.44
Chief of Communications; (?) Military District 5.09.1945
Military Post Office Officer; Belorussian Military District 22.7.48
Acting Chief of Post Office; Belorussian Military District 14.6.49
Chief of Communications and Post Office; Belorussian Mil Dist 2.7.49
Chief of Military Post Office; Signals Directorate; Group of 21.4.52
Soviet Forces, Germany
Released to the reserves by MinDef Order 03486 dated 23.8.1955 with the right to wear the military uniform.
19. Wounds: n/a
20. Academic title: n/a
21. Academic degree: n/a
22. Foreign travel: n/a
23. Legal proceedings: n/a
24. Family status: wife – Evgeniya Vikentevna; son – Anatolii b. 1931; son – Adolf, b. 1937; daughter – Svetlana, b. 1946
25. Special remarks: n/a
Award Card
Order Booklet 374829
1. Last name: Burba
2. Name and patrionymic: Grigorii Antonovich
3. Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: 1905
6. Birthplace: Rodomyshl, Zhitomir Oblast
7. Party membership: since 1930
8. Education: mid-level
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Time in Red Army: since 1927
11. Place of service at awarding: Communications Directorate, 3 Belorussian Front – Military Post Office Section Chief
12. Place of work at present: Chief of Communications, (?) Military District – Section Chief, Military Post Office
13. Home address: Batrutsk(?), (?) District, Letter "Ya"
14. Awards:
Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization
Lenin 215.202 Edict dated 21.8.53
Red Star 738.836 3 Belorussian Front dated 8.8.44
Red Star 895.733 Edict dated 3.11.44
OPW II 347.053 3 Belorussian Front dated 14.4.45
30th Anniversary of Soviet Armed Forces Edict
Defense of Moscow Medal Edict dated 1.5.44
Victory over Germany Medal Edict dated 9.5.45
Capture of Koenigsberg Medal Edict dated 9.6.45
Red Banner 307.612 Edict dated 24.6.48
Verified by Senior Assistant Chief of Personnel, (?) Military District Major Kur(?) on 23 November 1945
Herr General, I see now I have notions of honor which are outdated.
Ahh they're not outdated! They're stored. With care and love, for better times.
Ahh they're not outdated! They're stored. With care and love, for better times.












