Naum Semenovich Sorkin

[Bob]

A group just arrived by mail (well, I'm assuming it's a group). If it is, would contain 3 orders and it comes with a fully uighuir script award booklet. No picture (and i can't read uighuir)... but there appears to be a clue in the form of a name written in Cyrillic on the inside cover of the front page. Ink is faded (and my Cyrillic isn't that great...) but it appears to be: "Cogvoi H.C."

Serial nrs:
- 516
- 586 and 2390 for the regular red banners

There's a clue on the inner page - in Cyrillic (?)

Thanks to our forum friend Urnuh (who like me wishes that the forum would be more alive! some additional information:

1) The document matches (e.g. references the serial nr 516) the Order of the Red Banner of Military Valour but does not mention the other two Red Banners (probably they'd have received separate books anyway)

2) 516 was awarded on 18 April 1943 with the decree of the Small Khural of number 21

3) The handwritten brief text on the second page states "the order is awarded for the feat in defending the nation" (hmmm combat award?)

4) The page number 3 bears the stamp of the Presidium of the Small Khural and the signatures of President Bumtsend and Secretary Bayar. On the remaining pages is the 1941 Regulation of the awards of the MPR.

5) The booklet has two full names on the page number 1. One name (unclear though) was crossed out and another added. The added full name stands for Sorkin Naum Sahanovich. This is perfectly in line with the faded inside cover writing in Cyrillic which appears to state Sorkin N.S. (or Copkin H.C. in Cyrillic) although the last 2 letters are difficult to read. Indication is that a plausible scenario could for instance be that an error was made for instance when drafting multiple of such documents at the embassy in Moscow (e.g. name copied in two booklets from a list of award recipients, so had to be crossed out).

[Alexscl]

Sorkin Naum Semenovich - general-major, chief of the Service Intelligence of the Far Eastern Front

http://www.pseudology.org/Abel/Sorkin_NS.htm

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Alexscl

Sorkin Naum Semenovich - general-major, chief of the Service Intelligence of the Far Eastern Front

http://www.pseudology.org/Abel/Sorkin_NS.htm

Yes, thanks! Before i read this Nota Bene had also pointed me in the right direction already and google has helped as well.

The correct name appears then (not certain) to be:
Sorkin, Naum Semenovich, Major-General
(1899 – 1980)

CV
1923 - 1926 Artilleray Instructor (in Mongolia)
1926 - 1931 Deployed to Soviet Consulate/Embassy in Mongolia
1939 - 1941 Chief of Special Task Section, Directorate of Intelligece, General Staff
1941 - 1945 Chief Intelligence Officer Far Eastern Front
1945 Chief Intelligence Officer 1st Far Eastern Front
1945 - 1947 Chief Intelligence Officer Far Eastern Military District
1947 - 1950 Head of Educational Department, Military-Diplomatic Academy
1950 - 1952 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1952 - 1958 Deputy Head of ? Faculty, Military Academy of Aviation Engineering
1958 Retired

Author of books, such as "V nachale puti. Zapiski instruktora mongolʹskoĭ armii."


Hopefully more to follow. Clearly a "big guy"... and unfortunately the odds of research are probably slim. Still, hope is better than nothing:)

Wow, that last link is even better! What I'd do for research on this...

Even more via http://www.pseudology.org/Abel/Sorkin_NS.htm

One of the leaders of the Soviet military intelligence. Born in Kiev in a family servant. In 1919 graduated from Hebrew College.
Since 1919 - the Red Army. Member of the Civil War.
In 1920 he graduated from the Kharkov team artillery courses. In 1923 - artshkolu.
In 1923-26 - the instructor of the Mongolian army artillery.
In 1926-31 - Soviet consul in Altan-Bulak, Head. Consular Section of the embassy, the 1-st secretary of the embassy in Ulan Bator.
In 1933 he graduated from the training of military and diplomatic personnel.
In 1933-35 - the Red Army. Was at the disposal of the People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs and Chairman of the PBC, then People's Commissar of Defence.
In 1935 - before the NCID.
In 1936 - again in the Red Army, Deputy. Chief of the 9 th (Mongol-Xinjiang) of Razvedupra.
In 1939 - ID chief of special mission Razvedupra WPRA.
From 1941 to 1947 - the intelligence chief of the Far Eastern Front. Participant in the war with Japan.
From 02/11/1944 - Major-General.
In 1945 - head of the intelligence section 1 of the Far Eastern Front.
In 1947-50 - head of the Training Division of the Military Diplomatic Academy. After graduating from the Military Academy of the General Staff in 1952-58 - deputy. Head of the Department of the Air Force Engineering Academy.
From 1958 - retired.

Awarded the Order of Lenin, two of the Red Star and medals.

He graduated from Hebrew College (1914), an employee. In the Civic on the Denikin and the Polish front. He graduated from the Kharkov team training (1920) and the Artillery School (1923), served in the artillery. Instructor of Artillery in the Mongolian People's Army (1923-1926), Consul of the USSR in Altan-Bulak (Mongolia), head of the consular department, a secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Mongolia (1926-1931), a reserve NCID, editor for Mongolia in the 2 East and political department of the People's Commissariat (1931-1933). He graduated from the course of military-diplomatic staff (1933), available narkomvoenmora / Defense Commissar (1933-1935), Senior Assistant People's Commissariat of Mongolia (1935-1936), Deputy Head of Division 9 Razvedupra Red Army (1936-1937), Chief vrid 9 departments ( 1937-1939), Chief of General Staff of Red Army special assignments / Razvedupra Red Army General Staff (1939-1941), head of the intelligence / razvedupra Far Eastern Front / Region (1941-1947). Maj. Gen. (1944). Head of the Training Division of the Military-Diplomatic Academy (1947-1950). He graduated from the General Staff Military Academy (1952), Deputy Head of Department of the Air Force Academy. Since 1958, the first in retirement. Order of Lenin, two Orders of Red Banner, etc.

Gotta love google! Here's a foto of Sorkin:

[Pobeda45]

Really great, enviable set! Enjoy it! :thumbsup

George

[medals73]

A marvelous group and nice to see some more Mongolian interest emerging here.

:thumbsup

[Bob]

Bingo! Just got a mail from Nota Bene, more than 10 pages of background on Sorkin from the Russian archives - and also another, more clear, picture of him.

Will get translation rolling and post later (apparently 3 soviet orders of red banner, 2 orders of red star, etc).

[medals73]

Nice. Nice!

Await more details.

[deValcourt]

I had a look at that second link as well (man you have to be careful with auto-translators) and I am very impressed with this guy's life - three guesses what I honed in on.:rolleyes:

Right after the NKVD was formed, or at least became what we all know and hate about it, 1935-36, he was what looks like an adviser to the НКИД (People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs) since I don't know how one is on "reserve" with them.

Also, this is the first person I have seen to actually attend and graduate from the Military and Foreign Affairs diplomatic academies. This man kept his brain working his whole life and I admire that.:thumbsup

Phillip

[Bob]

Step by step will share research as it comes available.

======================
PERSONAL FILE
Individual number: A-763166
1. Full name: Sorkin Naum Semyonovich
2. DoB: 11th February 1899
3. Place of birth: Town Zoporojie
4. Nationality: Jewish
5. Party membership: Member of CPSU since 1919
6. Education:
• General, political or special civil: Staff course of diplomatic workers in Moscow in 1933.
• Military including military-political: The first Moscow Soviet Course of Artillery for Commanding officers in 1920. Highest Artillery school having specialized in commanding the platoons and Artillery gun units in 1923. Highest academic course under the Military Academy named after Voroshilov in Moscow in 1952.
7. Possession of foreign languages including the languages of other Soviet nations: No
8. Military ranks bestowed:
Rank Bestowing Authority Serial number of the decree Date of the decree
Regiment commissar People’s Commissariat of Defence 00689/p 15.12.1936
Brigade Commissar People’s Commissariat of Defence 003037 09.07.1940
Colonel People’s Commissariat of Defence 07718 10.12.1942
Major General Council of People’s Commissars 02.11.1944

9. Participation in frontlines and partisan’s units:
Participated in Civil war from May 1919 to October 1919; 15th August 1920 to 15th October 1920.
Participated in Great Patriotic War against Japan from 9th August 1945 to 3rd September 1945.
10. Marital status: Married.
Spouse: Klavdia Georgievna Sorkina (dob 1901).


Special Registration
13. Full name: Sorkin Naum Semyonovich

14. Commissioned: (blank)

15. Registered: Zhdanov district military commissariat in Leningrad

16. Military rank: Major General

17. Level: Commanding Officer

18. Type of troops: General military

19. Code of military specialisation: 8

20. Reservists age level: 3

21. Health condition: Central Military Medical Commission of the Ministry of Defence of USSR of 15th April 1958. Considered as unfit for military service during the peace time and limited fit (2nd level) for the military service during the wartime by the Decree of #110 dated 1956 of the Ministry of Defence.

22. Reservists’ retreat attendance: (blank)

23. Place of work and the rank: Retired according to the Decree# 100.

24. Home address: Decemberists’ street, apartment 6, flat 10.

25. Type of the Military reservists ID card: B.D. SN: 00749

Issued: 23rd July 1958

26. Miscellaneous Notes: (blank)

I guess the red stars and 2 of the red banners would be worth researching with the third red banner probably being long service. Anybody know whether the Lenin could be researchable?


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Award Card

Order booklet # 532872
Identification card #

1. Surname: SORKIN

2. First and parental name: Naum Semyonovich

3. Military rank: Major-General

4. Sex: Male

5. DOB: 1899

6. Place of birth: Zaporojye town, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

7. Party membership (since): a member of All-Soviet Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) since 1919

8. Education: Secondary

9. Nationality: Jewish

10. Drafted to the Red Army (since): 1919-26; 1933-35 and since 1936

11. The place of service (the name of the unit) and the position held at the moment of awarding: the Staff of the second Far-Eastern Front, Deputy Chief of Staff-Chief of Intelligence Division

12. The place of service and the position held at the moment: the Staff of the Far-Eastern Military District, Deputy Chief of Staff-Chief of Intelligence Division

13. Home address of the awarded: Town Toyohara

14. List of all decorations awarded:

The name of the orders and medals Serial numbers Serial numbers of documents Number and date of decree of the award
The Order of Lenin 133190 Uk 17-5-51
Order of the Red Banner 247548 Z #497635 Decree of the Commander of Soviet Army in Far-East # 06/11 dated 27 Aug 1945
Order of the Red Star 656998 A#467635 Decree of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of USSR dated 4th June 1944
Order of the Red Star 876273 G3092946 Decree of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of USSR dated 3rd Nov 1944
Medal “XX years to Worker’s and Peasant’s Red Army” #000496 Decree of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of USSR dated 22nd Feb 1938
Medal for “Victory over Germany in Great Patriotic War 1941-1945” B#08017004 Decree of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of USSR dated 9th May 1945
Order of the Red Banner 530435 Uk 30-12-56
Order of the Red Banner 258082 Uk 5-11-46

Signature: Sorkin (signed)

Above information and the signature of the awarded is certified by: Assistant of the Chief of Intelligence Division of the Staff of the Far-Eastern Military District (signed) Major Samarchenko

(Stamped) Stamp bearing the Seal of USSR titled “Intelligence Division of the Staff of the Far-Eastern Military District”

Date: 2nd March 1946

Abbreviated service record card

1. Full name: Sorkin Naum Semyonovich
2. DOB: 1899
3. Nationality: Jewish
4. Possession of foreign languages: English (good)
5. Place of birth: Town Zoporojie, Dnepropetrovskaya Oblast
6. Social status, origin: civil servant
7. Party membership:
• Member of CPSU since 1919.
• Candidate to a member of CPSU since (blank)
• Member of All Soviet Communist Youth Council since (blank)
• Not a member of the party: (blank)
• Former membership in other political parties: (blank)
• Party reprimands and change in party membership: (blank)

8. Education (Indicate the name of the school, number of classes attended or courses completed, date of the graduation):
General: Four classes of high primary school in 1914;
Military: The first Moscow command artillery course in 1920; Highest Artillery School in 1923.
Political: (blank)
9. Service in Old (Tsarist) army: (blank)
10. Service in White Guard (blank)
11. Record of captivity or encirclement, when and for how long (for those who have been in enemy encirclement, the information is to be provided by those only who broke the encirclement in non-assigned units) No
12.

Rank bestowed Bestowing Authority Serial number of the decree Date of the decree
Colonel People’s Commissariat of Defence 07718 10.12.1942


13. Participation in the War Fronts: Did not participate
14. Wounds and traumas: No
15. State awards (order and medals): No
16. Family status and address:
Married. Spouse: Orlovskaya Vera Nikolaevna, town of Habarovsk

17. Type and serial number of Officer’s ID card: DN 175575. Issue date: 16th May 1944

Stamp: Card database of Department of Cadres of Artillery

Abbreviated service record card

1. Full name: Sorkin Naum Semyonovich
2. DOB: 1899
3. Nationality: Jewish
4. Place of birth (according to the latest administrative division): Dnepropetrovskaya Oblast
5. Party membership:
• Member of CPSU since 1919.
• Candidate to a member of CPSU since (blank)
• Member of All Soviet Communist Youth Council since (blank)
• Not a member of the party: (blank)

6. Education (Indicate the name of the school, number of classes attended or courses completed, date of the graduation):

 The first Moscow command artillery course in 1920;
 Highest Artillery School in 1923.

7.

Rank bestowed Bestowing Authority Serial number of the decree Date of the decree
Colonel


8. Marital status, family members and address (blank)
9. Record of active military service in Soviet Army and Navy. In the Armed Forces since: (blank)

Order of the Red Banner
Medal “XX years to Worker’s and Peasant’s Red Army”

Post and place of service-unit (organisation), division, army, front or district, fleet or flotilla. The dislocation of the unit in peace time Bestowing Authority Serial number of the decree Date of the decree
Chief of Intelligence Division and Deputy Chief of Staff of Far-Eastern Front Far-Eastern Front
Chief of Special Rifle Brigade # 18, Far-Eastern Front Far-Eastern Front 0308 9th March 1943
Chief of Intelligence Division and Deputy Chief of Staff of Far-Eastern Front
Chief of Intelligence Division and Deputy Chief of Staff of Far-Eastern Front People’s Commissariat of Defence 02439 9th April 1943

[Bob]

Interesting:
* confirmation of the Mongolian award (at least one of them)
* info on where he fought in 1919-1920... more on that in next post
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Card # (blank) Personal File # 872

1. Full name: Sorkin Naum Semyonovich
2. Nationality: Jewish
3. Possession of foreign languages: English with the help of dictionary
4. DoB: February 11, 1899
5. Place of birth: Town Zoporojie, Dnepropetrovskaya oblast
6. Social status, profession (prior to being drafted to the armed Forces): civil servant
7. Party membership:
• Member of CPSU since 1919. Serial number of the Party Membership ID card: 2205698
• Member of All Soviet Communist Youth Council since (blank)
• Not a member of the party: (blank)
• Former membership in other political parties: No
• Party reprimands and change in party membership: No
8. Education (Indicate the name of the school, number of classes attended or courses completed, date of the graduation):

General: Four classes of high primary school in 1914;
Military: The first Moscow command artillery course in 1920; Highest Artillery School in 1923.
Political: No

9. Service in Old (Tsarist) army, the latest post and rank: No
10. Service in White Guard and foreign armies (service in foreign armies is indicated in case if the officer has not been concurrently in service of the Soviet Amy) No
11.

Rank bestowed Bestowing Authority Serial number of the decree Date of the decree
Regiment commissar People’s Commissariat of Defence 00689/p 15.12.1936
Brigade Commissar People’s Commissariat of Defence 003037 09.07.1940
Colonel People’s Commissariat of Defence 07718 10.12.1942
Major General Council of People’s Commissars 02.11.1944

12. Participation in the Great Patriotic War (when, where and duration):

From May 1919 to October 1919: Deninkin Front
From August 1920 to October 1920: Polish Front

13. Participation in military campaign for the defence of the USSR prior to the Great Patriotic War (where, duration, date): (blank)
14. Record of captivity or encirclement, when and for how long (for those who have been in enemy encirclement, the information is to be provided by those only who broke the encirclement in non-assigned units) No
15. State awards and date the awards were bestowed:

Order of the Red Banner -1945 Mongolian Order of Red Banner - 1931
Order of the Red Banner - 1946 Medal “XX years to Worker’s and Peasant’s Red Army”
Order of the Red Star- 1944 Medal for “Victory over Germany in Great Patriotic War 1941-1945”
Order of the Red Star-1944 Medal for “Victory over Japan”

16. Type and number of Officer’s ID card: MR-000001 #3086
17. When drafted to the Armed Forces and which post appointed: Drafted to the Armed Forces on a voluntary basis and appointed as a student to Kharkov artillery command courses on 12th May 1919. Drafted from reserve in June 1933 and again drafted in June 1936.
18. Service record in the Armed Forces:

Photo of Sorkin N.S.

Post and place of service-unit (organisation), division, army, front or district, fleet or flotilla. The dislocation of the unit in peace time Bestowing Authority Serial number of the decree Date of the decree
Student of Kharkov artillery command courses at Denikin Front May 1919-October 1919
Student of the First Moscow artillery courses July 1920
Commander of Platoon of 11th Horse-artillery Squad, 11th Cavalry Division of 1st Cavalry Army October 1920
Commander of Platoon of Reserve Artillery Squad of 1st Cavalry Army February 1921
Assistant to Commander of Artillery Squad of 1st Cavalry Army June 1921
Assistant to Commander of 16th Special Artillery Squad of Sevastopol Fortress August 1921
Commander of 16th Special Artillery Squad of Sevastopol Fortress March 1922
Commander of 15th Special Artillery Squad of Sevastopol Fortress July 1922
Student of Highest Artillery School July 1923
Chief of Artillery School of Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Army July 1926
Assigned to the Cadre Division of General Department of the Red Army Revolutionary Military Council of USSR 570 25th August 1926
In reserve
Drafted to the Red Army Revolutionary Military Council of USSR 1201 7th June 1933
Discharged to a prolonged leave People’s Commissariat of Defence 1658 28th June 1935
Drafted to the Red Army People’s Commissariat of Defence 00524 19th June 1936
Deputy Chief of Division #9 of Intelligence Department of Red Army People’s Commissariat of Defence 00524 19th June 1936
Acting Chief of Division #9 of Intelligence Department of Red Army Intelligence Department of Red Army 0256 22nd December 1937
Acting Chief of Division #5 of Intelligence Department of Red Army Intelligence Department of Red Army 045 11th March 1938
Commissioned to Department #5, General Staff of Red Army Department #5 00119 9th July 1939
Commissioned to Division #11, General Staff of Red Army 0220 9th August 1939
Acting Chief of Special Assignment Division, General Staff of Red Army People’s Commissariat of Defence 05082 23rd December 1939
Chief of Special Assignment Division, General Staff of Red Army People’s Commissariat of Defence 03036 9th July 1940
Chief of Intelligence Division at the Staff of Far-Eastern Military District People’s Commissariat of Defence 0461 17th February 1941
Chief of Intelligence Division and Deputy Chief of Staff of Far-Eastern Front Far-Eastern Front 01834 30th December 1942
Acting Chief of Special Rifle Brigade # 18, Far-Eastern Front Far-Eastern Front 0308 9th March 1943
Chief of Intelligence Division and Deputy Chief of Staff of Far-Eastern Front Far-Eastern Front 0497 7th May 1943
Commissioned to General Intelligence Department, General Staff of Red Army General Intelligence Department 0437 24th April 1947
Acting Chief of Training Division of Military Diplomatic Academy of Armed Forces of USSR Military Diplomatic Academy 0130 2nd February 1947
Chief of Intelligence Division and Deputy Chief of Staff of Far-Eastern Military District MoD 1862 28th September 1948
Chief of Intelligence and Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence of Far-Eastern Military District MoD 0634 14th April 1950
Highest academic course under the Military Academy named after Voroshilov MoD 05048 15th December 1951
Deputy Chief of Operative-Tactical Training Faculty at Leningrad Air Force Engineering Academy MoD of USSR 05188 15.11.1952
Deputy Chief of Faculty of Tactics and History of War Art at Leningrad Air Force Engineering Academy named after Mojaiskyi Commander in Chief of Air Force 040 13.01.1956
Assigned to the Cadre Division Commander in Chief of Air Force 0532 04.04.1958
Discharged from the active military service by the Decree of Ministry of Defence #594, 4th June 1958 and registered as reservist at Zhdanov Military Commissariat of Leningrad in May, 1959.

19. Wounds and traumas (when, where): No
20. Academic posts: No
21. Academic degrees: No
22. Record of travel abroad (where, when) and for how long: Special trip
23. Record of conviction, if “yes”, when, which Court and the length of sentence: No
24. Family status, full name and DOB of the spouse and children:

Married. Spouse: Klavdia Georgievna Sorkina (dob 1901).
Address: Moscow- 57, Peschanay street, DNS-2, flat #37.

25. Special notes: (blank)

The Military Situation in the South

info on the denikin front