Aleksandr Nevskij,24725,Commander,421st Separate Anti-Tank Battalion,Königsberg

[Norm Braddock]

Award Sheet
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Lipovtsev, Konstantin Pavlovich
2. Rank: Major
3. Duty position: Commander – 421 Independent Destroyer Anti-Tank Battalion, 215 Smolensk Red Banner Order of Suvorov II Class Rifle Division
Recommendation for the Order of the Red Star
4. Born: 1920
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: Party members since 1942 #4869056
7. Previous combat: since 5 December 1941
8. Wounds or shell-shock: seriously wounded 27 August 1942
9. Time in Red Army: since August 1937
10. Inducted by: Altai Krai, Oirot Oblast Military Commissariat
11. Previous awards: Red Star 30 Army dated 15.2.43, OPWII 5 Army dated 8.9.44, Nevsky 5 Army dated 29.1.45, Defense of Moscow Medal dated 1.5.44
12. Home of record: Tomsk Oblast, Kolpashevo Region, Kolpashevo, Soviet St. #1 – mother: Lipovtseva, Evdokiya Andreevna
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
In fighting to reduce the German pocket southwest of Koenigsberg near Gross Klingbeck, Rippen, Federau, Hill 22.6 and Wolittnick Station, Major Lipovtsev’s 421 Independent Destroyer Anti-Tank Battalion continuously supported the infantry’s advance while in reduced-mobility, forested terrain.
The battalion moved out to the forest’s woodline east of Gross Klingbeck directly along the autobahn and its personnel repelled two enemy counterattacks with their automatic weapons and grenades, destroying as many as 30 German soldiers and officers and delivering eight Hitlerite prisoners to our infantry.
While at the observation post (OP) controlling the emplacement of guns on direct lay, Battalion Commander Major Lipovtsev led the battalion’s fight despite heavy enemy shelling and until the present time has not lost a single weapon system due to his personal effort of properly equipping the OP. Every time our infantry seized a new position, the battalion was the first to enforce the line with its weapons ready to fire on direct lay.
Major Lipovtsev is bold an decisive in combat; from 13-27 March the battalion destroyed two enemy self-propelled guns, eight machineguns, two guns, three vehicles, and repelled four enemy counterattacks, killing as many as 80 enemy soldiers.
Battalion Commander Major Lipovtsev is deserving of the Order of the Red Banner.
Signed Commander of Artillery, 215 Rifle Division, Colonel Tolmachev on 29 March 1945.
Endorsed Commander, 215 Rifle Division, Hero of the Soviet Union General-Major Kazaryan on 29 March 1945.
Endorsed Commander, 72 Kovensk Red Banner Rifle Corps, Hero of the Soviet Union General-Major Kazartsev on 11 April 1945.
Recommended downgrade to Order of Alexander Nevsky by Artillery Commander, 5 Army, General-Major of Artillery Fedorov on 20 April 1945.
Awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky by Order 029/N of the 5 Army dated 1 May 1945. Verified by Senior Deputy Chief of Personnel, 5 Army, Captain Putilov.
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Award Card
Order Booklet A 792226
1. Last name: Lipovtsev
2. Name and patrionymic: Konstantin Pavlovich
3. Rank: Major
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: 1920
6. Birthplace: Alta Krai, Barn(?)
7. Party membership: Yes, since 1942
8. Education: ninth grade
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Time in Red Army: 1937
11. Place of service at awarding: 215 Rifle Division – Commander, 421 Indep. Dest. Anti-Tank Battalion
12. Place of work at present: 2 Independent Guards Motorcycle Regiment
13. Home address: Alta Krai, Oirot-Tura, Oirotskaya St. #72
14. Awards:
Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization
Red Star 139.817 30 Army dated 15.2.43
OPW II 229.971 5 Army dated 8.9.44
Alexander Nevsky 10.560 72 Rifle Corps dated 29.1.45
Alexander Nevsky 24.725 5 Army dated 1.5.45
Defense of Moscow Medal Edict dated 1.5.44
Capture of Koenigsberg Medal Edict dated 9.6.45
Victory over Germany Medal Edict dated 9.5.45
Victory over Japan Medal Edict dated 30.9.45
Combat Service Medal n/a Edict dated 20.6.49
Verified by Chief of Staff, 2 Indep. Gds. Motorcycle Regt., Guards Captain Yurkov on 19 March 1947







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5 Army Artillery Commander’s Order 029/N dated 1 May 1945
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, I award the following decorations for exemplary mission accomplishment on the frontlines against the German invaders and for displaying valor and courage:
The Order of Alexander Nevsky
2. Major Konstantin Pavlovich Lipovtsev Commander, 421 Independent Destroyer Anti-Tank Battalion, 215 Smolensk Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Division
Signed 5 Army Artillery Commander, General-Major of Artillery Fedorov