Order of the Red Star, #1131762, Group commander, 65th Separate Battalion Mine Detection Dogs

[RayV]

Much thanks to Auke for his research on this one.
Ray



Record card

Order booklet nr. B-914116

1. Last name: Malenkin
2. First name and patronymic: Dmitri Nikolaevich
3. Military rank: Junior Sergeant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1919
6. Place of birth: District Kostroma, province Kostroma
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1944
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: October 1939 until May 1946
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Group commander in the 65th Separate Engineer battalion, Separate Coastal Army
12. Current place of service and position: Fitter in Factory nr. 9, Kostroma
13. Home address of the awardee: Leninstreet 143, apartment nr. 2, Kostroma

14. List of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal	Serial number	Number of the document	Ground of award
Medal for Battle Merit	303507	Temporary certificate nr. 727088	Order of the North-Caucasian Front nr. 0162/N of June 25, 1943
Order of the Red Star	1131762	Temporary certificate nr. V-849875	Order of the Separate Coastal Army nr. 0550/N of July 19, 1944
Medal for the Defence of the Caucasus		Certificate nr. 005796	Decree of May 1, 1944
Medal for the Victory over Germany		Certificate nr. B-0441669	Decree of May 9, 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 Department of the Military Commissariat of the city Kostroma
Major of administrative service [signed] /Orlov/
February 3, 1947


Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the Separate Coastal Army

July 19, 1944 – nr. 0550/N – Operational Army

On behalf of the Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary execution of combat missions at the front in the struggle with the German invaders and the valour and bravery displayed in the process, I award:

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The Order of the Red Star to:

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6. Sergeant Dmitri Nikolaevich Malenkin, group commander in the 65th Separate Battalion Mine Detection Dogs

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Commander of the Separate Coastal Army
Guards Lieutenant General [signed] /K. Melnik/

Member of the Military Council of the Separate Coastal Army
Major General of the commissariat [signed] /Bajukov/

Chief of Staff of the Separate Coastal Army
Lieutenant General [signed] /Lubarsky/


Head of the Personnel Section
Colonel [signed] /Zhdanov/

Award sheet

Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Malenkin, Dmitri Nikolaevich
2. Rank: Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Group commander in the 65th Separate Battalion Mine Detection Dogs

Nominated for: Order of the Red Star

4. Year of birth: 1919
5. Nationality: Russian
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: Southern Front from March 1942 to August 1942, Trans-Caucasian Front and North-Caucasian Front from August 1942 to September 1943, 4th Ukrainian Front from November 1943 to May 1944 and the Separate Coastal Army since May 1944
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since October 1939
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the city of Kostroma
11. Previous awards received: Medal for Combat Merit, Excellent Land Mine Specialist and Excellent Combat Engineer
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee or his family's address: _______________

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

During fighting operations carried out near the Molochna river and the Crimean bridgehead, Comrade Malenkin has shown bravery and courage as a true craftsman. Together with his subordinates he discovered, removed and disarmed 3183 enemy anti-personnel and anti-tank mines and mines of own brand. In addition, his group collected and stored nearly 12,000 for further use of suitable artillery and mortar grenades. And cleaned a 370 square kilometre area of mines and various types of unexploded grenades and aircraft bombs. This enabled the Kolkhozes in the liberated areas to make unrestricted use of their soil.

Comrade Malenkin himself has removed and disarmed 740 mines. Comrade Malenkin transfers his knowledge in a knowledgeable and understandable way to his subordinates and trains his men to perform their duties properly and as quickly as possible.


Sergeant Malenkin deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 65th Separate Battalion Mine Detection Dogs
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Pokrovski/
July 2nd, 1944


He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief and Head Engineer troops of the Separate Coastal Army
Colonel [signed] /Vodovatov/
July 11th, 1944


By Order of the Separate Coastal Army nr. 0550/N of July 19th, 1944 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

[HoundsTooth]

Superb history to the award and very interesting. I intend to visit Auke for my Order of the patriotic war and Order of the Red Star also.
Nick

[Egorka]

The decree for his medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus".

[RayV]

Hi Egorka,

Thank you so much for this extra document regarding his "Defence of the Caucasus" medal.
funny to see that there seem to be a discrepancy in the Certificate nr. 005796 in my documents and the one you got there which mentions number 005794.
How did you get it? Where does this document come from?

Cheers,
Ray

[Egorka]

Such discrepancies are not uncommon. Most likely, there is a mistake in the award register card, the correct certificate # is 005794.
The document is coming from the same place where his other citations come from - the online database.