Order of the Red Star, #1868998, Film Technician

[Bill Garvy]

Record card

Order booklet nr. A-190568

1. Last name: Stochenko
2. First name and patronymic: Viktor Vasilyevich
3. Military rank: Guards Military Technician 1st Grade
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1915
6. Place of birth: City of Cherkassy
7. Party membership (since which year): Candidate member of the Communist Party since 1943
8. Education: 8 classes of secondary, unfinished
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From 1936 through 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Film Technician in the 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps
12. Current place of service and position: Demobilized and for the time being unemployed
13. Home address of the awardee: Sosnovka Resort, Hospital nr. 2877, Kiev Oblast

14. Record of all awards received:

Names of the orders and medals/Their numbers/Numbers of the documents/Ground of award

Medal for Combat Merit 179739 399210 Order of the 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps nr. 62/N of February 25th, 1943

Order of the Red Star 1868998 698898 Order of the 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps nr. 17/N of January 28th, 1945

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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

Chief of the 3rd Section of the Military Commissariat of the city of Cherkassy
Captain [signed] /Bondarchuk/
January 28th, 1946

Award sheet

All fields to be filled out fully

Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Stochenko, Viktor Vasilyevich
2. Rank: Guards Senior Lieutenant-Technician
3. Position and unit: Film technician in the 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1915
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
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 (where and when): The Western Byelorussian and Finnish campaigns and the Patriotic War
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Wounded and contused
9. Since when in the Red Army: 1936
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Cherkassy Raion
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Medal for Combat Merit and Medal for the Defense of Moscow
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Comrade Stochenko has been serving in the Red Army for eight years and has been participating in the Patriotic War since its beginning. Throughout this period he repeatedly displayed bravery, resourcefulness, and courage while participating in combat operations.

During one battle, while he was returning from the front line, his truck with film equipment was ambushed by the enemy. Without panicking comrade Stochenko engaged in battle. He accelerated his car and with his submachine gun he killed two officers, while the others ran away. Consequently the film equipment was transported safely.

For bravery and courage displayed in combat with the German invaders comrade Stochenko deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Head of the club of the 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps
Guards Captain [signed] /Rotleider/
January 24th, 1945

He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Political Section of the 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps
Guards Colonel [signed] /Gavrilov/
January 25th, 1945

He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps
Guards Lieutenant General [signed] /Russianov/
January 25th, 1945

Order

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Order

Of the 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps

January 28, 1945 – Nr. 17/N – Active Army

On personnel matters

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:

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The Order of the Red Star to:

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6. Guards Senior Lieutenant-Technician Viktor Vasilyevich Stochenko, Film Technician in the 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps

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Commander of the 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps
Guards Lieutenant General [signed] /Russianov/

Chief of staff of the 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps
Guards Colonel [signed] /Kreslavsky/



Chief of the Personnel Records Section of the staff of the 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps
Guards Major of the Administrative Service [signed] /Zavadsky/

It has been pointed out to me the Award Card is signed by a "Bondarchuk", which also happens to be the last name of two famous film directors/producers, one Soviet and one Russian, the former being the father of the latter.

Photographs/scans used with permission.

My thanks to Auke!