Patriotic War II,0754071,Rifleman,141st Rifle Division

[Tommy]

Record card

Record card

Order booklet nr. A-507818

1. Last name: Krysyuk
2. First name and patronymic: Nikolai Grigoryevich
3. Military rank: Private First Class
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1923
6. Place of birth: Town of Chernyakhov, Zhitomir Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Komsomol since 1944
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since October 1943
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Rifleman in the 796th Rifle Regiment, 141st Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Deputy gun layer of a 45-mm gun, 260th Independent Rifle Battalion, 42nd Independent Rifle Brigade
13. Home address of the awardee: Town of Chernyakhov, Zhitomir Oblast
14. List of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal Serial number Number of the document Ground of award

Order of the Red Star 780728 Temporary certificate nr. V-466720 Order of the 141st Rifle Division nr. 013/N of May 1, 1944
Medal for Courage 2179107 Temporary certificate nr. Ye-011789 Order of the 141st Rifle Division nr. 03/N of January 24, 1945
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class 754071 Temporary certificate nr. I-520168 Order of the 27th Guards Rifle Corps nr. 014/N of April 11, 1945
Medal for the Capture of Budapest / A-015342 Decree of June 9, 1945
Medal for the Victory over Germany / L-0297358 Decree of May 9, 1945
Medal for Combat Merit / Order of the 141st Rifle Division nr. 042 of October 10, 1944


Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Chief of staff of the 42nd Verkhnedneprovsk Red Banner Independent Rifle Brigade Colonel [signed] /Vlasov/ December 9, 1946

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[Tommy]

Award sheet

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Krisyuk, Nikolai Grigoryevich
2. Rank: Private
3. Position and unit: Rifleman in the 9 Rifle Company of the 796th Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Regiment, 141st Kiev Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class
4. Year of birth: 1923
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol since 1944
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): On the 1st, 4th, and 2nd Ukrainian Front since November 1943
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Wounded on April 12, 1944 and October 19, 1944
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since October 1943
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Chernyakhov Raion, Zhitomir Oblast
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Order of the Red Star by Order of the 141st Kiev Rifle Division nr. 013/N of May 1, 1944 and Medal for Courage by Order of the 796th Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Regiment nr. 03/N of January 24, 1945

12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: _______________

Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or merits:

On March 28, 1945, during the fighting for the village of Mal-Baby, comrade Krisyuk displayed exceptional bravery while repelling enemy counterattacks. He crawled toward an enemy tank and threw several grenades, as a result of which one of the tank's tracks was disabled, the tank stopped, and the crew left the tank to repair the inflicted damage. Comrade Krisyuk then killed the tank crew with his submachine gun.

For the bravery and courage he displayed comrade Krisyuk deserves to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

Commander of the 796th Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Regiment Colonel [signed] /Shchepkin/ April 7, 1945

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

Commander of the 141st Kiev Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Division Guards Major General [signed] /Molozhayev/ April 9, 1945

By Order of the 27th Guards Rifle Corps nr. 014/N of April 11, 1945 awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

Assistant chief of the Personnel Section of the 27th Guards Rifle Corps Guards Senior Lieutenant [signed] /Balakhnin/

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[Tommy]

Here it is.

His other awards are in the database.

Thanks go to Auke as always.

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Tom

[Rogi]

Nice :) Very cool find :D

[andrew6767]

Nice one indeed :) You must have a bit of a collection now Tommy.

[Tommy]

Thanks guys:)

It's getting there Andrew. I've still got lots of things i'd like to add to my collection though, it's just finding the money to get them!

Cheers,

Tom

[CtahhR]

This reads like a text book example on how to capture a tank in combat. Knock off a track, lay in wait, pick them all off - one slightly used tank added to the force pool.

A fine OPWII citation.

No idea where "Mal-Baby" is though.

[Tommy]

Exactly, clever and ruthless.

I have no idea where Mal-Baby is either, i imagine somewhere in Hungary, Romania maybe somewhere in the Carpathians kind of area?

[Al-muell]

I would guess it's a place in either Poland or Czechoslovakia. There are a few villages named "Baby" in Poland - it's possible that there is (or used to be) also "Małe Baby" somewhere, as it's not uncommon that "large" willage (Wielki/a/ie) is nearby a "small" village (Mały/a/e). with time the smaller settlemnts become parts of larger ones so nothing surprising in the fact that the place may no longer exist.
Also Baba or in plural Baby is popular in Czech Republic and Slovakia - There's a mountain called "Mala Baba", and possibly some villages called Baba or Baby as well.

The last letter in małe/male may be missing, and it was normal that the cities with name composed of two words have a hypfen when transcribed to Russian (like Kamieniec Podolski/Kamenets-Podolskiy).

[marsino]

Originally Posted by Tommy

Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or merits:

On March 28, 1945, during the fighting for the village of Mal-Baby, comrade Krisyuk displayed exceptional bravery while repelling enemy counterattacks. He crawled toward an enemy tank and threw several grenades, as a result of which one of the tank's tracks was disabled, the tank stopped, and the crew left the tank to repair the inflicted damage. Comrade Krisyuk then killed the tank crew with his submachine gun.
For the bravery and courage he displayed comrade Krisyuk deserves to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

:confused: Where is the village of Mal-Baby?
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Originally Posted by Al-muell

I would guess it's a place in either Poland or Czechoslovakia. There are a few villages named "Baby" in Poland - it's possible that there is (or used to be) also "Małe Baby" somewhere, as it's not uncommon that "large" willage (Wielki/a/ie) is nearby a "small" village (Mały/a/e). with time the smaller settlemnts become parts of larger ones so nothing surprising in the fact that the place may no longer exist.
Also Baba or in plural Baby is popular in Czech Republic and Slovakia - There's a mountain called "Mala Baba", and possibly some villages called Baba or Baby as well.

The last letter in małe/male may be missing, and it was normal that the cities with name composed of two words have a hypfen when transcribed to Russian (like Kamieniec Podolski/Kamenets-Podolskiy).

:rolleyes: