08-05-2016, 01:37 PM
1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Kucheryavy, Nikolai Zakharovich
2. Rank: Guards Private
3. Position and unit: Sapper in the 28th Independent Guards Sapper Battalion, 25th Sinelnikovo Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Guards Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3rd Class
4. Year of birth: 1909
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): Since May 10, 1944 on the 2nd Ukrainian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: 10th May 1944
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Grushki Raion, Odessa Oblast
11. Previous awards (for which accomplishments): No
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and his family’s address: _______________
Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or accomplishments:
On 22nd March 1945, during the fighting aimed at the expanding the bridgehead on the western bank of the Hron River, Guards Private Kucheryavy served in a mobile engineer obstacle detachment, operating on the open flanks, which were vulnerable to tank attacks.
During these operations comrade Kucheryavy moved forward under heavy enemy artillery, mortar, rifle, and machine-gun fire. In broad daylight he personally planted as many as 35 antitank and approximately 65 anti-personnel mines, which helped us in successfully repelling a number of counter-attacks by enemy infantry and tanks.
He deserves to be awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Commander of the 28th Independent Guards Sapper Battalion
Guards Captain [signed] /Panchenko/
24th March 1945
He deserves the Medal for Courage.
Divisional engineer
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Pavinsky/
30th March 1945
He deserves the Medal for Courage.
Commander of the 25th Sinelnikovo Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Guards Rifle Division
Guards Colonel [signed] /Peremanov/
17th April 1945
Awarded the Medal for Courage by Order of the 25th Guards Rifle Division nr. 016/N of 20th April 1945.
Chief of the Personnel Section
Guards Captain [signed] /Koryak/
23rd April 1945
2. Rank: Guards Private
3. Position and unit: Sapper in the 28th Independent Guards Sapper Battalion, 25th Sinelnikovo Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Guards Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3rd Class
4. Year of birth: 1909
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): Since May 10, 1944 on the 2nd Ukrainian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: 10th May 1944
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Grushki Raion, Odessa Oblast
11. Previous awards (for which accomplishments): No
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and his family’s address: _______________
Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or accomplishments:
On 22nd March 1945, during the fighting aimed at the expanding the bridgehead on the western bank of the Hron River, Guards Private Kucheryavy served in a mobile engineer obstacle detachment, operating on the open flanks, which were vulnerable to tank attacks.
During these operations comrade Kucheryavy moved forward under heavy enemy artillery, mortar, rifle, and machine-gun fire. In broad daylight he personally planted as many as 35 antitank and approximately 65 anti-personnel mines, which helped us in successfully repelling a number of counter-attacks by enemy infantry and tanks.
He deserves to be awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Commander of the 28th Independent Guards Sapper Battalion
Guards Captain [signed] /Panchenko/
24th March 1945
He deserves the Medal for Courage.
Divisional engineer
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Pavinsky/
30th March 1945
He deserves the Medal for Courage.
Commander of the 25th Sinelnikovo Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Guards Rifle Division
Guards Colonel [signed] /Peremanov/
17th April 1945
Awarded the Medal for Courage by Order of the 25th Guards Rifle Division nr. 016/N of 20th April 1945.
Chief of the Personnel Section
Guards Captain [signed] /Koryak/
23rd April 1945
