03-04-2015, 10:31 PM
[SIZE="3"]Award Sheet
[trans: Handwritten abbreviation for “Glory II Class”]
Award Sheet for Sergeant Ilya Semenovich Makarov, Maneuver Group Leader, 83rd Red Banner Border Regiment, 1st Ukrainian Front Rear Area NKVD Troops
1. Born: 1923, Boryatino, Pilnenskii Region, Gorkov Oblast
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Social position: peasant-collective farm worker
4. Party membership: n/a
5. Education: 4th grade; military education at MNS(?) School
6. NKVD service: since 1943; in Red Army since 1942
7. Participation in Civil War: n/a
8. Previous combat: since July 1942 in the 199th Rifle Division, 83rd Border Regiment on the Western, Kalinin, and Ukrainian Fronts
9. Wounds or shell-shock: once
10. Previous awards: n/a; during GPW – Order of Glory III by 5th Guards Army 069/N dated 30.11.44
11. POW or encircled: n/a
12. Family situation: bachelor
13. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
In the Patriotic War since 1942, he participated in the 199th Rifle Division’s fighting near Elnya until being wounded.
In September, 1944 he killed 15 enemy soldiers with his sniper rifle while on sniper internship.
He has done well in military-chekist service and has made a series of valuable arrests.
In January, 1945 when encountering a group of enemy soldiers near Chenstokhov he and his squad acted boldly and decisively, killing five enemy soldiers and one officer attempting to hide in a forest.
For combat actions against the German invaders, for participation in combat sniper internship, and for the destruction of 20 enemy soldiers and one officer, Sergeant Makarov is deserving of the Order of Glory II Class.
Signed Commander, NKVD Troops 83rd Red Banner Border Regiment, Colonel Nedilov on 22nd February, 1945
Endorsed Chief of the Rear Area, 5 Guards Army, Guards Colonel Metelkin on 27th February, 1945
Endorsed 5th Guards Army Commander Guards General-Colonel Zhadov and Member of the Military Committee Guards General-Major Sukharev
Awarded the Order of Glory III [sic: II] Class by 5th Guards Army Order 029/N dated 4.5.45. Signed Deputy Chief, Personnel Directorate 2nd Section, Guards Captain of Administrative Services Albiter.
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[trans: Handwritten abbreviation for “Glory II Class”]
Award Sheet for Sergeant Ilya Semenovich Makarov, Maneuver Group Leader, 83rd Red Banner Border Regiment, 1st Ukrainian Front Rear Area NKVD Troops
1. Born: 1923, Boryatino, Pilnenskii Region, Gorkov Oblast
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Social position: peasant-collective farm worker
4. Party membership: n/a
5. Education: 4th grade; military education at MNS(?) School
6. NKVD service: since 1943; in Red Army since 1942
7. Participation in Civil War: n/a
8. Previous combat: since July 1942 in the 199th Rifle Division, 83rd Border Regiment on the Western, Kalinin, and Ukrainian Fronts
9. Wounds or shell-shock: once
10. Previous awards: n/a; during GPW – Order of Glory III by 5th Guards Army 069/N dated 30.11.44
11. POW or encircled: n/a
12. Family situation: bachelor
13. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
In the Patriotic War since 1942, he participated in the 199th Rifle Division’s fighting near Elnya until being wounded.
In September, 1944 he killed 15 enemy soldiers with his sniper rifle while on sniper internship.
He has done well in military-chekist service and has made a series of valuable arrests.
In January, 1945 when encountering a group of enemy soldiers near Chenstokhov he and his squad acted boldly and decisively, killing five enemy soldiers and one officer attempting to hide in a forest.
For combat actions against the German invaders, for participation in combat sniper internship, and for the destruction of 20 enemy soldiers and one officer, Sergeant Makarov is deserving of the Order of Glory II Class.
Signed Commander, NKVD Troops 83rd Red Banner Border Regiment, Colonel Nedilov on 22nd February, 1945
Endorsed Chief of the Rear Area, 5 Guards Army, Guards Colonel Metelkin on 27th February, 1945
Endorsed 5th Guards Army Commander Guards General-Colonel Zhadov and Member of the Military Committee Guards General-Major Sukharev
Awarded the Order of Glory III [sic: II] Class by 5th Guards Army Order 029/N dated 4.5.45. Signed Deputy Chief, Personnel Directorate 2nd Section, Guards Captain of Administrative Services Albiter.
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