Grouping to Andrey Sergeevich Kolomichenko

**Marcel Banziger** · 01-04-2019, 02:24 PM

Today a nice little grouping arrived from Andrey Sergeevich Kolomichenko, Guards Sergeant Major in the 40th Guards Independant Artillery Brigade.
The grouping consists of his Victory over Germany and Liberation of Prague documents, his 20 and 30 years of Victory Jubilee medals including documents, his 60 years armed forces jubilee medal with document, his 100 years anniversary of Lenin's birthday medal with document, his veteran of Labour medal including document, a very nice and never before seen 18th army veteran pin with document, his 25th anniversary veteran pin with document, and furthermore 4 more medals and pins with documents which I have never seen before.

If anyone is able to tell me what these other 4 pins/medals are and what for these have been handed out that would be very great!!
Thanks a lot in advance!!!

Grouping to Andrey Sergeevich Kolomichenko

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 01-04-2019 02:24 PM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**Marcel Banziger** · 01-04-2019, 08:50 PM

Managed to identify two pins/badges already, both are Winner of Socialist Competition pins, dated 1973 and 1977. With the last two pins I can still use help

**Marcel Banziger** · 01-06-2019, 08:51 AM

Hereby the inside of both booklets/documents which I don't know what these were handed out for. Hopefully somebody is able to shed some light on this

**Dom** · 01-06-2019, 02:49 PM

by Marcel Banziger

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**Bill Garvy** · 01-06-2019, 03:15 PM

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**Marcel Banziger** · 01-06-2019, 03:41 PM

Thanks a lot Dom and Bill! So the Volgograd anniversary pin is for the rebuild of the city after the war? Or is this one completely seperate from that? Can't find any info on this unfortunately.

**Bill Garvy** · 01-06-2019, 08:08 PM

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**Marcel Banziger** · 01-06-2019, 08:21 PM

Makes perfectly sense indeed. Thanks a lot for clearing this up for me. Much appreciated!!

**Egorka** · 01-06-2019, 10:28 PM

That is 20th anniversary of “Volgogradgidrostroy”, not the Volgograd city itself.
Volgogradgidrostroy before 1953 (Stalin’s death) was called Stalingradgidrostroy.
That is (still exists and functions) a production and construction company, which was created in 1950 for the construction of Stalingrad Hydroelectric Plant: Volga Hydroelectric Station - Wikipedia

Such organisation in Stalin times almost always “cooperated” with GULAG penitentiary system. Stalingradgidrostroy had 2 GULAG camps, which supplied work force.