Order of the Red Star, #273565, Tank Commander

[Bill Garvy]

Award card

Earlier issued
Order Booklet V 200550
1. Last name: Kulivatov
2. Name and Patrionymic: Fedor Stepanovich
3. Rank: Captain
4. Sex: Male
5. Birthyear: 13th October, 1921
6. Birthplace: Bobrovka village, Krasnoarmeiskii Region, Saratov Oblast
7. Party Membership: since 1946
8. Education: eighth grade in Kirovograd in 1939
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Service in the Red Army: 10.1940-10.1949
11. Place of service and duty position at time of awarding: Tank Commander – 124th Tank Regiment, 54th Army, Volkhov Front
12. Place of service and duty position at the current time: Railroad School #21, Kirovabad – Military Leader
13. Home of Record: Kirovabad – Railroad Building #12, Apt. 17
14. Awards

Award/Serial Number/Awarder

Red Star 273.565 29th Independent Tank Brigade 21.1.44

Red Star 2.907.422 54th Army dated 29.10.43

Victory over Germany Medal

Verified 18th February, 1950 by Personnel Officer, Kirovabad Municipal Military Commissariat, Major Sokolov

Award Sheet

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Kulevatov, Fedr Stepanovich
2. Rank: Senior Lieutenant
3. Duty position: Small Tank Commander – 2nd Battalion, 29th Tank Brigade

Application for the Order of the Red Star

4. Birthyear: 1921
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: Comsomol member
7. Participation in combat: Volkhov Front
8. Wounds or shell-shock: n/a
9. Time in the Red Army: since 1940
10. Inducted by:
11. Earlier Awards: n/a
12. Home of record: Azerbaijan ASSR, Kirovobat Station, Railroad Building #12, Apt. 5

Short description of personal combat feat or service

Senior Lieutenant Kulevatov displayed bravery and heroism during fighting for Budka Station on 14th January, 1944. While attacking an enemy artillery battery, fire from his tank destroyed two enemy bunkers and their crews. When his tank became disabled, Senior Lieutenant Kulevatov commanded his platoon on foot while mopping up the enemy from the station. He personally killed five enemy soldiers with his submachinegun. On 16th January during the destruction of an enemy artillery regiment near Podberezvo Station, his tank’s fire destroyed as many as 20 enemy soldiers and officers.

Senior Lieutenant Kulevatov is deserving of the Order of the Red Star for displayed heroism and bravery.

Signed Battalion Commander, Guards Major Vlas(?)

Endorsed Commander, 29th Tank Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Bachakasvili on 22nd January, 1944

Senior Lieutenant Fedor Stepanovich Kulivatov's Order of the Red Star, #273565.