Russian documents


Below you will see thumbernails to various Russian photo's, medals and documents like Red-Army identification-books. These stories are made with the original documents or items that are in my collection and via research on the internet and in books.
In each thumbernail is a short discripion (name, unit, time-frame, etc.) and a small photo.
Click on the small photo to open that specific photo/medal/document page (if available).

The medals displayed below are the medals won by the soldier during the war.
Not displayed are the Commemorative- and Jubilee medals given long after the war.



  Name   Grigory Tikhonovich Pavlov  
 
  Birthday   00-00-1918
  Function   Signalman and scout
  Last rank   Guards Sergeant
  Unit   76.GRR, 23.recon-company (27.GD)
  Service time   1941-1942 and 1944-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Petr Ivanovich Maryasov  
 
  Birthday   21-09-1916
  Function   Squadleader and platoonleader
  Last rank   Lieutenant
  Unit   35.sRSB and 9.s.Mot-Bri-Pon-Btl.
  Service time   1941-1945 and postwar service
ID-book
  Status   Survived, died on 28 Okt. 1981

  Name   Anton Kazimirovich Kaytanyuk  
 
  Birthday   00-00-1921
  Function   Telegraphist/Signals
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   71th Signal-Btl., 88th Guards Art.-Rgt.
  Service time   1941-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Ivan Matveevich Nepomnyaschy  
 
  Birthday   00-00-1910
  Function   Chief of combat vehicle repair unit
  Last rank   Guards Sr. Sergeant
  Unit   46th Guards-Tank-Brigade
  Service time   1941-1946
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Zinoviy Kuzmich Chichirik  
  Birthday   00-00-1903
  Function   Rifleman / Light MG gunner
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   208GRR (69GRD), 713RR (171RD)
  Service time   1943-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Sergej Grigorjevitsch Mantrov  
 
  Birthday   00-00-1902
  Function   Rifleman/Horse-driver/Gun-crew
  Last rank   Guards-Private/Artillery-man
  Unit   46.RR, 351.GRR, 339.GRR, 665.ATAR
  Service time   1924-1926 and 1942-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived, demobilized in June 1945

  Name   Aleksandr Denisovich Lipovsky  
  Birthday   00-00-1921
  Function   Mortar gunner
  Last rank   Junior Sergeant
  Unit   381th Rifle-Regiment (109th RD)
  Service time   1940-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Maksim Vasilievich Koltakov  
  Birthday   00-00-1915
  Function   Messenger
  Last rank   Senior Sergeant
  Unit   468th Rifle-Regiment (111th RD)
  Service time   1936-1946
Medal
  Status   Survived

  Name   Grigorij Petrovich Rusin  
 
  Birthday   00-00-1905
  Function   Auto-mechanic
  Last rank   Senior Sergeant
  Unit   1566SB, 13MMB, 52sAESB
  Service time   1941-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived, demobilized June 1945

  Name   Genady Nikodimovich Lyshinsky  
  Birthday   00-00-1923
  Function   Unknown
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   233 AZS, 171 Labour-Btl. (57th Army)
  Service time   1942-1948
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Dmitry Nikolaevich Kovrizhenko  
  Birthday   21-10-1918
  Function   Rifleman/Signalman
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   444.ASB, 48RR 54yp, 659RR, 313GRR
  Service time   1939-1942 and 1943-1945
ID-book
  Status   MIA in 1942, later survived

  Name   Stepan Pavlovich Gorlach  
  Birthday   ??-??-19??
  Function   Gun commander
  Last rank   Guards Sergeant
  Unit   73th Anti-Aircraft-Artillery-Regiment
  Service time   ????
Photo
  Status   Survived

  Name   Grigory Vasilievich Legkodukh  
  Birthday   00-00-1911
  Function   Gunner and loader
  Last rank   Guards-Private
  Unit   430AR, 15 Guards-Mechanized-Brigade
  Service time   1933-1935 and 1941-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Nikolaj Ivanovich Polivayko  
  Birthday   00-00-1923
  Function   Squadleader
  Last rank   Guards Senior-Sergeant
  Unit   6th Guards-Motorised-Engineer-Batl.
  Service time   1942-1947
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Fedor Nikolaevich Dzhegur  
  Birthday   00-00-1912
  Function   Blacksmith-farrier
  Last rank   Corporal
  Unit   968th Artillery-Regiment (359 RD)
  Service time   1941-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Mikhail Vladimirovich Tomkevich  
  Birthday   00-00-1908
  Function   Driver
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   1st Company 573rd OATB
  Service time   1941-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Sergej Vladimirovich Stebulija  
  Birthday   00-00-1923
  Function   Unknown
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   231 RRR, 879 RD
  Service time   1944
ID-book
  Status   Heavily wounded on 14-09-1944

  Name   Anton Vasilievich Volnianskiy  
  Birthday   00-00-1910
  Function   Unknown
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   73RD, 88RRR, 1015RR (285RD)
  Service time   1943-1945
ID-book
  Status   Unknown

  Name   Ivan Ivanovich Retenko  
  Birthday   00-00-1895
  Function   Senior scribe (clerk)
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   438th and 699th ASB
  Service time   1941-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Grigorij Iosifovich Berdnik  
  Birthday   00-00-1922
  Function   Unknown
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   857th Rifle-Regiment (294th RD)
  Service time   1944-1946
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Ivan Evdokimonich Evdokimenko  
  Birthday   00-00-1919
  Function   Engineer / Anti-tank
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   73th Airfield-Engineer-Battalion
  Service time   1939-1943
ID-book
  Status   Wounded, lost sight in both eyes

  Name   Petr Ivanovich Korotkov  
  Birthday   00-00-1907
  Function   MG-gunner / Rifleman
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   1095th Rifle-Regiment (324 RD)
  Service time   1942
ID-book
  Status   W.I.A. at Sukhinichi, 1942

  Name   Ivan Trofimovich Shevtsos  
  Birthday   00-00-1914
  Function   Signalling wireline supervisor
  Last rank   Guards-Private
  Unit   132 separate-Guards-Signals-Battalion
  Service time   1941 and 1943-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived, demobilized in Sept. 1945

  Name   Aleksander Timofeevich Iksar  
  Birthday   00-00-1912
  Function   Rifleman
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   96th and 1033th Rifle-Regiment
  Service time   1941-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Fedos Danilovich Bokhan  
  Birthday   Unknown
  Function   Unknown
  Last rank   Private first class
  Unit   79.Guards-RR and 735.RR
  Service time   1943-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Pavel Semyonovich Latysh  
  Birthday   00-00-1901
  Function   Mortar / Storekeeper
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   1239th Rifle-Regiment
  Service time   1941-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Maksim Efimovich Efimov  
  Birthday   00-00-1902
  Function   Mortar loader / Horse driver
  Last rank   Sailor
  Unit   72nd Marine-Rifle-Brigade
  Service time   1924-1927 and 1941-????
ID-book
  Status   Unknown

  Name   Boris Pavlovich Kadilinskiy  
  Birthday   00-00-1921
  Function   Mechanic
  Last rank   Senior-Sergeant
  Unit   Schools, Special designation airfield #7
  Service time   1940-1946
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Ivan Vasilieveich Svechnikov  
  Birthday   00-00-1911
  Function   Armorer (cannon repairman)
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   18th Armor-Brigade
  Service time   1932-1935 and 1941-1942
ID-book
  Status   Wounded in 1942

  Name   Nikolai Nikolaevich Antonov  
  Birthday   00-00-1908
  Function   Unknown
  Last rank   Master-Sergeant
  Unit   39th Training-Tank-Regiment
  Service time   1940-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Moisej Arsentievich Bandorenko  
  Birthday   00-00-1905
  Function   Mechanic
  Last rank   Sergeant-major
  Unit   35th and 14th Autotransport-Regiment
  Service time   1941-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Nikolaj Ivanovich Dotsenka  
  Birthday   00-00-1913
  Function   Private, Artillery crew, Rifleman
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   262 RD, 145RRD, 779AR, 19GRD
  Service time   1942-19??
ID-book
  Status   Survived

  Name   Vladimir Alekseevich Shishkin  
  Birthday   00-00-1906
  Function   Private
  Last rank   Private
  Unit   27th Training-Rifle-Regiment
  Service time   1944-1945
ID-book
  Status   Survived