Red Banner,209405,Rifle Batallion Commander,512th Rifle Regiment,146th Rifle Division

[Shocktrooper]

A nice order given to rifle batallion commander Михаил Никифорович Киселев for street fights in the battle of Berlin. Furtheron comrade Kiselev was wounded 5(!) times during the war, which makes him a very lucky guy surviving the war.

В бою 23 - 24 апреля 1945 года за г. Берлин он умело организовал наступление и взаимодействиес другими родами воиск. Освободил 22 квартала и со своим батальоном первым ворвался в предместие г. Берлина. И тем самым был выполнен боевой приказ командования в боях показал себя смелым и решительным, где было захвачено 57 немецких солдат и офицеров.

In the battle of Berlin on 23 – 24 April 1945, he skillfully organized the offensive and the cooperation with other military branches. He liberated 22 blocks and his battalion first burst into the suburbs of Berlin. And thus was made the military order of command in battle proved to be brave and resolute, wherein were captured 57 German soldiers and officers.

He deserves a governmental award.

легкие ранения 20.5.42 года, 10.10.43 года, 25.8.44 года
Тяжелораненый 16.9.41 года, 8.3.44 года

Slightly injured 05/20/42 year 10/10/43 year 25/08/44 year
Seriously injured 09/16/41 year 08/03/44 year

[Shocktrooper]

And the archival research :)

[Al-muell]

Great story! Surprisingly few citations for Berlin are seen lately.
Since he was an officer, It may be agoodidea to get the service record - if not to see hisservice history, at least to see his photograph.

[CtahhR]

Service records have been locked down. Extremely little chance of getting one at this time.

[Shocktrooper]

Thank you very much for your nice replies! I also do prefer getting all the information concerning awards, I really like - but sometimes it is quite hard due to archival regulations. Maybe in future :)

[Al-muell]

Originally Posted by CtahhR

Service records have been locked down. Extremely little chance of getting one at this time.

Just 2 weeks ago I got a service record card (actually 3 of them) for mjr. Stal'nov (part of his group was already posted here).
I know that personnel files are virtually inaccessible right now, but the cards?