Nicely done! I look forward to finding out who was awarded this medal.
Nicely done! I look forward to finding out who was awarded this medal.
Thanks guys ! So am I, s*cks that I don't have any patience.
Alright, the research came in and I like it very much. The citation couldn't be found on the internet, so I will order another research from Auke and see if it can be found directly from the archives. I will attach the translated award sheets.
Senior Lieutenant, Mikhail Petrovich Kolyada.
The insignia that his brigade used. Interesting, that they used more captured German tanks than T-34's at one point.
I also read that the 213th tank brigade was the only one to be fully armed with captured material.
Nice info as always from Auke.
Cheers, Ade.
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I just received the citations on the order from Auke. Thanks for the work Auke!
I'm pleased with it, as I am fond of tankists.
Award sheet
1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Kolyada, Mikhail Petrovich
2. Rank: Senior Lieutenant
3. Position and unit: commander of a T-34 platoon of the 163rd Tank Battalion, 213th Tank Brigade
Nominated for: Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class
4. Year of birth: 1923
5. Nationality: Belarusian
6. Party affiliation: Candidate member of the Communist Party
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War: In the Patriotic War since June 1942
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Wounded on November 13, 1943, village of Kozyana, Vinnitsa Oblast
9. Since when in the Red Army: April 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Gresk Raion, Minsk Oblast
11. Awards received previously (for which accomplishments): Order of the Red Star by Order of the 213th Tank Brigade nr. 031/N of December 15, 1943; award issued
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Village of Trukhanovichi, Gresk Raion, Minsk Oblast. Father: Pyotr Andreyevich Kolyada
Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or accomplishments:
During the combat operations near the village of Krybino in the Bogushevsk Raion, Vitebsk Oblast between March 23 and 31, 1944, comrade Kolyada repelled 3 enemy counterattacks and destroyed 1 antitank gun and 6 machine-gun positions, suppressed 2 mortars, and killed more than 10 Hitlerites.
He deserves the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.
Commander of the 163rd Tank Battalion
Major [signed] /Zinovyev/
March 31, 1944
Here's a photo of Kolyada and his service record translated. Again, thank you Auke!
He was wounded in a battle, died of his wounds in June 1944 and was awarded Order of the Patriotic War 1st class posthumously.
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