Order of the Red Star, #1120136, 1st Belorussian Front

[Bill Garvy]

Record card

Order booklet nr. 440782

1. Last name: Malyarenko
2. First name and patronymic: Grigory Kharitonovich
3. Military rank: Major
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1922
6. Place of birth: Village of Luka, Poltava Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1946
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Soviet Army: Since 1941
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Assistant chief of staff for anti-aircraft affairs of the 59th Guards Rifle Division, 24th Guards Rifle Corps
12. Current place of service and position: Student at the Central Advanced Anti-Aircraft Artillery Officer Course
13. Home address of the awardee: 60 Karl Marx Street, city of Simferopol, Krim Oblast

14. Record of all awards received:

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

Order of the Red Star 1120136 Order booklet nr. 440782 Order of the 18th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division nr. 6 of March 2, 1945

Medal for Combat Merit Unnumbered Order booklet nr. 440782 Decree of June 13, 1952

Order of the Red Star 3426136 Order booklet nr. 440782 Decree of December 30, 1956

Medal for the Victory over Germany Unnumbered Certificate nr. 0207594 Decree of May 9, 1945

Medal for the Capture of Berlin Unnumbered Certificate nr. 157980 Decree of June 9, 1945

Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw Unnumbered Certificate nr. 290401 Decree of June 9, 1945

Medal for the 30th Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy Unnumbered Unnumbered certificate Decree of February 22, 1948

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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

Chief of the General Affairs and Personnel Section
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Shkarpitny/
March 18, 1957

Order

Secret
Copy nr. 3

Order

Of the 18th Simferopol Red Banner Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division of the Reserve of the High Command, 1st Belorussian Front

March 2, 1945 – Nr. 06/N – Active Army

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:

The Order of the Red Star to:

[…]

2. Guards Lieutenant Grigory Kharitonovich Malyarenko, Commander of a Large-Calibre Machine-Gun Company in the 166th Guards Red Banner Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment

[…]

Commander of the 18th Simferopol Red Banner Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division of the Reserve of the High Command
Guards Colonel [signed] /Kalnichenko/

Award sheet

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Malyarenko, Grigory Kharitonovich
2. Rank: Guards Lieutenant
3. Position, unit and formation: Commander of a large-calibre machine-gun company in the 166th Guards Red Banner Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 18th Simferopol Red Banner Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division of the Reserve of the High Command
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1922
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol since August 1940, membership booklet nr. 17367589
7. Participation in the Civil War and the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR (where and when): Didn’t participate in the Civil War and the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR. Has been participating in the Patriotic War since June 1942 on the Southern, 4th Ukrainian, and 1st Belorussian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since June 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Lokhvitsa Raion, Poltava Oblast
11. Awards received previously and award dates: None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Village of Luka, Lokhvitsa Raion, Poltava Oblast. Father: Khariton Yakovlevich Malyarenko

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Serving with the regiment since May 1942, he distinguished himself by his high level of knowledge of his specialty, his boldness, and his resourcefulness in combat. While he served as a platoon leader, his machine guns shot down 4 enemy aircraft.

During the offensives the machine-gun company, active among the forward ranks of the advancing troops, destroyed many enemy troops and firing positions. Just during the fighting for the city of Radom, over 30 hitlerites were killed and several trucks with military goods were destroyed. Throughout the period of combat the company killed over 50 enemy soldiers and officers, while an equal number was taken prisoner.

On February 15, 1945, while the machine-gun company worked together with infantry units in repelling an enemy attack on the western bank of the Oder River, 5 enemy soldiers were killed by machine-gun fire.

During a raid by a formation of enemy aircraft on the positions of our troops on February 14, 1945, the machine-gun company shot down an enemy Focke-Wulf 190 aircraft.

He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 166th Guards Red Banner Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Globa/
February 28, 1945

I award the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 18th Simferopol Red Banner Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division of the Reserve of the High Command
Guards Colonel [signed] /Kalnichenko/
February 28, 1945

By Order of the 18th Simferopol Red Banner Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division of the Reserve of the High Command, 1st Belorussian Front nr. 6/N of March 2, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Assistant chief of staff for Personnel Records of the 18th Simferopol Red Banner Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division of the Reserve of the High Command
Guards Senior Lieutenant of the Administrative Service [signed] /Klimishen/
March 2, 1945

Guards Lieutenant Grigory Kharitonovich Malyarenko's Order of the Red Star. #1120136. My thanks to Auke for his invaluable assistance. Photographs/scans used with permission.

Service Record follows shortly. . .

[Bill Garvy]

Service record

Card nr. G-032073

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Malyarenko, Grigory Kharitonovich
2. Born on: January 6, 1922
3. Nationality: Ukrainian
4. Knowledge of foreign languages and level of mastery:
5. Place of birth (according to the current administrative division): Village of Lukha, Lokhvitsa Raion, Poltava Oblast
6. Social situation, profession and specialty: Worker without civilian specialty
7. Party affiliation
Member of the Communist Party since: March 1946
Party membership booklet nr.: 01913768
Candidate member of the Communist Party since:
Candidate membership booklet nr.:
Member of the Komsomol since:
Not a party member:
Membership of other parties: No
Party penalties and changes in party affiliation:
8. Education (note the exact name of the educational institution, when graduated, period of education and number of classes or courses for unfinished education):
General and special education: 9 classes in 1939 in the town of Lokhvitsa, Poltava Oblast. 10 classes in 1958
Military education: Omsk Anti-Aircraft Artillery School in 1942, Central Anti-Aircraft Artillery Officer Course in 1957
Political education: No

9. Military promotions By whose order Order nr. Date
Lieutenant Commander of the Artillery 01576 October 31, 1949 [note: In effect per February 15, 1942]
Senior Lieutenant 8th Guards Army 0222 September 9, 1946
Captain Commander of the Artillery of the Soviet Army 01685 December 22, 1950
Major Ministry of Defense 0555 January 26, 1955

10. Service at the front during the Patriotic War (when, where and for how long): Stalingrad Front from November 10, 1942 through May 5, 1943; Southwestern Front from May 5, 1943 through August 12, 1943; 4th Ukrainian Front from August 12, 1943 through August 14, 1944; and 1st Belorussian Front from August 14, 1944 through May 9, 1945
11. Participation in the Civil War, the war against the Fins, and other combat actions to defend the USSR prior to the Patriotic War (where, from when to when, day, month and year): No
12. Awards and award dates: Order of the Red Star; Medal for the Victory over Germany on May 9, 1947; Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw on June 9, 1945; Medal for the Capture of Berlin on June 9, 1945; Medal for the 30th Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy on February 22, 1948; Medal for Combat Merit in June 1952
13. Biographical certificate nr. Vye-19098, issued on August 31, 1949

14. When (month and year) called up for the Armed Forces, having worked where and in which capacity (name and location of enterprise, kolkhoz etc.), and drafted by which military commissariat (if called up several times, note consecutively from when to when he served and when he was called up for the last time): Drafted on August 10, 1941 by the Khartsyzsk Raion, Stalingrad Oblast, having worked as a duty engineer at a thermal power station in the city of Kiev

15. Service in the Armed Forces:

Name of position Place of service (unit, institution, formation, army, front, district, fleet or flotilla) By whose order Order nr. Month, day and year
Cadet Omsk Anti-Aircraft Artillery School August 10, 1941
In reserve Officer corps of the city of Omsk Confirmed by Order of the Odessa Military District nr. 0417 of Dec 16, 1954 September 12, 1942
Commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun platoon 177th Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 8th Guards Mechanized Division, 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps Confirmed by Order of the Odessa Military District nr. 0417 of Dec 16, 1954 November 20, 1942
Commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun platoon 166th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 18th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division 18th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division 052 June 16, 1943
Commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun company 166th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 18th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division, 4th Ukrainian Front 47th Army 0260 September 26, 1945
Commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun company 2504th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 20th Guards Mechanized Division 8th Guards Army 062 March 1, 1946
Commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun platoon of a training battery 2504th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 20th Guards Mechanized Division, 8th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Occupational Forces in Germany 8th Guards Army 0251 June 30, 1947
Commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun company 16th Guards Mechanized Regiment, 6th Guards Mechanized Division, 4th Guards Mechanized Army Group of Soviet Occupational Forces in Germany 00187 March 28, 1949
Battery senior officer 1051st Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 59th Guards Rifle Division Odessa Military District 0177 April 3, 1950
Chief of the Personnel Section of the Artillery of the Odessa Military District
Colonel [signed] /Gavrikov/
Commander of a large-caliber machine-gun company 1051st Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 59th Guards Rifle Division Odessa Military District 0433 November 23, 1951
Battery commander 1051st Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 59th Guards Rifle Division Odessa Military District 092 April 7, 1954
Assistant chief of air defense affairs 59th Guards Rifle Division Odessa Military District 0178 June 25, 1954
Student Central Anti-Aircraft Artillery Officer Course (since Jan 5, 1957) Commander in Chief of the Ground Forces 0301 February 28, 1957
Finished Central Anti-Aircraft Artillery Officer Course Commander in Chief of the Ground Forces 03267 August 31, 1957
Assistant chief of air defense affairs 59th Guards Motorized Rifle Division 14th Army 088 December 2, 1957
Senior officer for anti-aircraft artillery and self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery and chief of the air defense forces 59th Guards Motorized Rifle Division 14th Army 077 November 24, 1958
Senior officer for anti-aircraft artillery and self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery and chief of the air defense forces 86th Guards Motorized Rifle Division 14th Army 033 September 22, 1960
Senior assistant chief of air defense affairs 86th Guards Motorized Rifle Division 14th Army 017 March 27, 1961
At the disposal of the commander of the Transbaikal Military District Odessa Military District 0326 October 23, 1963
Senior assistant chief of air defense affairs 122nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division Transbaikal Military District 0135 November 26, 1963
By Order of the Commander in Chief of the Ground Forces nr. 0309 of March 6, 1964 transferred to the reserve in accordance with Article 59, Section A, with the right to wear a military uniform.

Registered at the Military Commissariat of the city of Beltsy, Moldavian SSR

16. Wounds and contusions (when, where and nature of the wound): No
17. Academic title:
18. Academic degree:
19. Stays abroad (when, where and for how long): Was in Germany from May 10, 1945 through April 1950 with the Soviet Forces
20. Service in the old army, last position and rank: No
21. Service in the White Army or other foreign armies (only note service in foreign armies when the officer was not serving in the Soviet Army at the same time): No
22. Has he been in captivity or on territory occupied by the enemy without his unit, when, where and for how long (only note escapes separate from his unit): No
23. Has he been convicted, when and by which courts, for what and for how long, has the conviction been retracted: No
24. Family situation: wife’s first name, patronymic, last name, and year of birth, children’s names and years of birth, address of the officer’s family if living apart: Married to Olga Antonovna Malyarenko, née Zykova, born in 1926
25. Special remarks:


Service record

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Malyarenko, Grigory Kharitonovich
2. Date of birth: January 1922
3. Nationality: Ukrainian
4. Knowledge of foreign languages and level of mastery: Ukrainian and Russian
5. Place of birth: Village of Lukha, Lokhvitsa Raion, Poltava Oblast
6. Social situation and background: Worker from a family of peasants
7. Party affiliation
Member of the Communist Party since: 1946
Party membership booklet nr.: 788544
Candidate member of the Communist Party since:
Member of the Komsomol since:
Not a party member:
Membership of other parties:
Party penalties and changes in party affiliation:
8. Education
General: 9 classes of secondary education in the city of Lokhvina in 1939
Military (indicate full names of all military educational institutions, month and year of graduation, and whether a full or accelerated course was attended): Graduated from the Anti-Aircraft Artillery School in the city of Omsk (accelerated course from August 1941 through September 1942)
Political: No
9. Service in the old army: No
10. Service in the White Army: No
11. Has he been in captivity or surrounded; when, where and for how long (if he was surrounded, only note escapes separate from his unit): No

12. Military promotions By whose order Order nr. Date
Senior Lieutenant People’s Commissariat of Defense 020 September 12, 1942
Captain 8th Guards Army 0222 September 19, 1946

13. Service at the front: In the Patriotic War on the Stalingrad, Don, Southern, 4th Ukrainian, and 1st Belorussian Front since June 1942
14. Wounds and contusions: Slightly wounded at the Mius River in July 1943
15. Awards (orders and medals): Order of the Red Star on March 2, 1945
16. Family situation and address of the family: Married to Olga Antonovna Malyarenko, who lives at his place of service
17. Biographical certificate series 000001 nr. 175830, issued on May 5, 1944

18. Location of enlistment in the Red Army and position he occupied previously (if he was called up from the reserves, note ‘from the reserves’, location and date of call-up, and interval period): Drafted on August 10, 1941 in Kiev, having worked as a heat pump engineer at a thermal power station




19. Service in the Red Army:

Name of the position Name of the unit By whose order Order nr. Date
Cadet Omsk Anti-Aircraft Artillery School August 10, 1941
In the officers’ reserve Siberian Military District September 12, 1942
Commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun platoon 177th Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 8th Guards Mechanized Division November 20, 1942
Commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun platoon 166th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 18th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division August 8, 1943
Commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun company 166th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 18th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division 47th Army 0260 September 1, 1944
Commander of a large-caliber machine-gun company 47th Army 0260 September 26, 1945
Commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun company 2504th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 20th Guards Mechanized Division 8th Guards Army 062 December 15, 1945
Commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun platoon of a training battery 2504th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 20th Guards Mechanized Division 8th Guards Army 0251 May 22, 1947
Commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun platoon of a training battery 2504th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 20th Guards Mechanized Division Group of Soviet Occupational Forces in Germany 0580 July 26, 1948

20. Transferred to the reserve from the position of … and with the rank of …
21. Remarks about the transfer: