Order of the Red Star: my two contributions, 1495564 & 1598848

[Adrian Stevenson]

The research is now in!

[Adrian Stevenson]

Uchotnaya Kartochka.

[Scout]

Great.
Look forward to the translation.
I have wanted to have my Order of the Red Star researched for some time.

STOP being a tease and cough up the translation already!!

[Adrian Stevenson]

The Order documents.


Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the Leningrad Front

Active Army – Nr. 01784/N – December 22, 1944

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for carrying out tasks assigned by front command, I award:

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The Order of the Red Star to:

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82. Captain of the Medical Service Zoya Arkadyevna Volynskaya, chief of the Medical Section of Evacuation Hospital nr. 2015

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On behalf of the commander of the Leningrad Front
Colonel General [signed] /M. Popov/

Member of the Military Council of the Leningrad Front
Lieutenant General [signed] /N. Solovyov/

Deputy chief of staff of the Leningrad Front
Major General [signed] /Tikhomirov/

[Ben1596]

Very nice awards, the research certainly gave you lots of information. I always find that very interesting, discovering the past of your items.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Record card

Order booklet nr. A-424946

1. Last name: Volynskaya
2. First name and patronymic: Zoya Arkadyevna
3. Military rank: Reserve Major of the Medical Service
4. Sex: Female
5. Year of birth: 1906
6. Place of birth: City of Krasnopolye, Mogilyov Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a member
8. Education: Higher
9. Nationality: Jewish
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From June 1941 through November 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Chief of the Surgical Section of Evacuation Hospital nr. 2015, Front Evacuation Point nr. 50, Leningrad Front
12. Current place of service and position: Surgeon at Polyclinic nr. 36
13. Home address of the awardee: 6 Zhukovsky Street, apartment 53, 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 1495564 Temporary certificate nr. Ye-651345 Order of the Leningrad Front nr. 01784/N of December 22, 1944
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class 519097 Temporary certificate nr. Zh-377791 Order of the 2nd Belorussian Front nr. 0792 of July 12, 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 Dzerzhinsky Raion
Major [signed]
October 21, 1946

[Adrian Stevenson]

Award sheet

Last name, first name, and patronymic: Volynskaya, Zoya Arkadyevna
Military rank: Captain of the Medical Service
Position and unit: Chief of the Medical Section of Evacuation Hospital nr. 2015
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1906
2. Nationality: Jewish
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since June 25, 1941
4. Party affiliation: Not a member
5. Participation in the combat (where and when): No
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously: Medal for the Defense of Leningrad
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Dzerzhinsky Raion, city of Leningrad
9. Permanent home address: _______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

She has been a surgeon for five years. During the Patriotic War she has acquired the experience to operate as an independent surgeon. She is disciplined and capable of taking initiative. During the offensives she worked without regard for the time of day and her sickly constitution. She performed 290 operations, 180 of which were carried out to make wounds heal quicker.

Chief of Evacuation Hospital nr. 2015
Major of the Medical Service [signed] /Kirzner/
June 21, 1944



He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of Front Evacuation Point nr. 50
Colonel of the Medical Service [signed] /Spiridonov/
September 19, 1944



He deserves the ….

Chief of the Medical Service of the Leningrad Front
Major General of the Medical Service /Verkhovsky/
… …, 1944



He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Rear and deputy commander of the Leningrad Front
Lieutenant General of the Quartermaster Service /Shilov/
… …, 1944

[Adrian Stevenson]

So there you have it. I am very pleased with this one, being awarded to a Jewish female Officer Surgeon.

Lez now wants it for her collection!

Thanks as ever to Auke.

Cheers, Ade.

[Scout]

Id be well chuffed as well!
Excellent info. The receipient worked her fingers to the bone in frontline service. What a gal.
Congrats. Excellent order, excellent paperwork to go along with it.
Thanks for sharing.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Just ordered the research for the second Order of the Red Star shown in this thread.

Cheers, Ade.