Order of the Red Star, #464872, Agitator with the Political Department of the 43rd Army

[Bill Garvy]

Record card

Order booklet nr. A-214789

1. Last name: Samilov
2. First name and patronymic: Nikolai Ivanovich
3. Military rank: Major
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1903
6. Place of birth: City of Kiev
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1925
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: February 1919 – August 1920, November 1925 – January 1927, and July 1941 – March 1946
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Deputy hospital chief for political affairs of Mobile Field Hospital nr. 3823, 43rd Army
12. Current place of service and position: Deputy director of the Institute of Agricultural Chemistry, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, city of Kiev
13. Home address of the recipient: 25 Frank Street, Apartment 12, city of Kiev

14. List of all awards he received:

Name of the order or medal Serial number/Number of the document/Ground of award
Order of the Red Star 464872 Temporary certificate nr. A-367704 Order of the 43rd Army nr. 0200 of December 31st, 1943

Order of the Red Star 1390045 Temporary certificate nr. E-630679 Order of the 43rd Army nr. 084 of March 31st, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Germany O-433400 Decree of May 9th, 1945

Signature of the recipient: [signed]

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

Acting military commissar of the Stalin District, city of Kiev
Senior Lieutenant [signed] /Mishin/
July 29th, 1946




Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the 43rd Army, 1st Baltic Front

– On the bestowal of decorations –

December 31st, 1943 – Nr. 0200 – Operational Army

On behalf of the Presidium 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 valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:

[…]

The Order of the Red Star to:

[…]

6. Major Nikolai Ivanovich Samilov, Agitator with the Army’s Political Department

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Commanding officer Member of the Army’s
of the 43rd Army Military Council
Lieutenant General Major General
[signed] /Golubev/ [signed] /Shabalov/

For the chief of staff
of the 43rd Army
Major General
[signed] /Maslennikov/

For the chief of the Personnel Section
Major [signed] /Yakuba/






Award sheet

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Samilov, Nikolai Ivanovich
2. Rank: Major
3. Position and unit: Agitator with the Political Department of the 43rd Army

Nominated for: Order of the Red Star

4. Year of birth: 1903
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Candidate member of the Communist Party since 1925
7. Service in the Civil War, the subsequent combat operations to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): Served in the Red Army as a volunteer from 1919 to 1920 and once again since August 1942
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: From 1925 to 1927 and since July 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat:
11. Previous awards (for which achievements): No
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and his family’s address: _______________ Evacuated from __________

Brief, concrete description of his feat of arms or achievements:

Following his mobilization in June 1941 comrade N.I. Samilov served as regimental propaganda instructor, from July 1942 he served with the Operational Army on the Kalinin Front as a propaganda instructor, he later was an agitator in the 1098th Cannon Artillery Regiment of the High Command Reserve, and since August 1943 he has been an agitator with the Political Department of the 43rd Army.

During his service in the artillery regiment he was one of the best agitators, maintaining the closest possible connection with the Red Army masses and selflessly building the morale of the men. He devotes himself to his assignments with great passion. A highly disciplined officer, comrade Samilov put a great deal of effort into improving his own knowledge, passing this knowledge on to the enlisted men, non-commissioned officers, and officers and striving for discipline and high fighting ability within his regiment. In August 1943 he was promoted to agitator with the Army’s Political Department and he has been carrying out all of his tasks in a conscientious manner. He took part in preparing the 179th Rifle Division’s September offensive and was involved in the offensive itself.

Upon instruction from the Army’s Political Department he was very active in the Draft Commission and at the agitation post in the city of Demidov.

The headquarters of 1098th Cannon Artillery Regiment nominated him for a decoration. The outcome is unknown.

Comrade Samilov deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Agitation and Propaganda Section of the Army’s Political Department
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Vlasov/
October 25, 1943

He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Army’s Political Department
Colonel [signed] /Titov/
December 5th, 1943




Major Samilov's Order of the Red Star, #464872

[Marcel Banziger]

Very nice!!