Order of the Red Star, #414750, Kursk/Kharkov

[Bill Garvy]

Record card

Order booklet nr. B-871816

1. Last name: Burmakin
2. First name and patronymic: Yevgeny Vladimirovich
3. Military rank: Reserve Major
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1908
6. Place of birth: City of Yevpatoria, Crimea Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a member
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From August 1941 through May 1946
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Senior Assistant Chief of Staff of the Artillery of the 7th Mechanized Corps of the Reserve of the High Command, 2nd Ukrainian Front
12. Current place of service and position: Researcher at the Arctic Scientific Research Institute
13. Home address of the awardee: 29 Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment, apartment 5, Vasilyevsky Island, city of Leningrad

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 414750 Temporary certificate nr. A-652375
Order of the 5th Guards Army nr. 0102/N of September 3, 1943

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class 127387 Temporary certificate nr. G-513128 Order of the 2nd Ukrainian Front nr. 051/N of November 21, 1944

Medal for the Defense of Leningrad - Permanent certificate nr. Ts-30588 Decree of December 22, 1942

Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 - Permanent certificate nr. D-0004825 Decree of May 9, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Japan - Permanent certificate nr. D-396451 Decree of September 30, 1945

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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

Military commissar of the Sverdlov Raion
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Okunyov/
January 17, 1947

Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

[Stamp: 1st Ukrainian Front; December 16, 1943]

Order

Of the 5th Guards Army

– On personnel –

September 3, 1943 – Nr. 0102/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:

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The Order of the Red Star to:

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2. Senior Lieutenant Yevgeny Vladimirovich Burmakin, Assistant Chief of Staff of the 1440th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment

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Commander of the 5th Guards Army
Guards Lieutenant General [signed] /Zhadov/

Member of the Military Council of the 5th Guards Army
Guards Major General [signed] /A. Krivulin/

Chief of staff of the 5th Guards Army
Guards Major General [signed] /Lyamin/

Chief of the Personnel Section
Guards Lieutenant Colonel of the Quartermaster Service [signed] /Kaplenko/

Award sheet

For Senior Lieutenant Yevgeny Vladimirovich Burmakin, Assistant Chief of Staff of the 1440th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1. Year of birth: 1908
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Social situation: Serviceman
4. Party affiliation: Not a member
5. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War: Has been participating in the Patriotic War: in 1941 on the Leningrad Front, in 1942 on the Volkhov Front, and in 1943 on the Voronezh Front
6. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
7. Awards received previously: None
8. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1941
9. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Sverdlov Raion, city of Leningrad
10. Permanent address: ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

During the fighting on the Belgorod and Kharkov axes Senior Lieutenant Burmakin spent all of his time among the batteries’ combat formations, where he, through his personal presence, ensured that the commander’s will was carried out. He commanded the self-propelled guns, which contributed to the successful outcome of the operations conducted at the village of Cherkasskoye on July 5 and 6, at Krasnaya Dubrava on July 7, at Syrtsevo on July 20 and 21, at Bykovka and Rakovo on July 3 and 4, and at Klekovoye on August 18.

On July 7, when it was of vital importance to slow down the enemy offensive at Krasnaya Dubrava, he led the regiment into battle and personally led the operation to repel an attack by an enemy tank force with a numerical strength of up to 40 or 50 tanks, while he himself possessed only 10 self-propelled guns. As a result of the counterattack the enemy advance was temporarily halted, while 6 tanks were destroyed. During the battle he was located in one of the gun turrets, from where he commanded the guns and adjusted their fire.

Repeatedly spending time among the batteries’ combat formations, Senior Lieutenant Burmakin has proven to be bold and brave. For displayed valor he deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 1440th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Shapshinsky/
August 23, 1943

He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the Armored and Mechanized Forces of the 5th Guards Army
Guards Colonel [signed] /Chuprygin/
August 29, 1943


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

Commander of the 5th Guards Army
Guards Lieutenant General [signed] /Zhadov/

Member of the Military Council
Guards Major General [signed] /A. Krivulin/
August …, 1943

Senior Lieutenant Yevgeny Vladimirovich Burmakin's Order of the Red Star, #414750, and an SU-76, or Self-Propelled Artillery. . .

My thanks to Paul Schmitt & Auke for their invaluable assistance.