Order of the Red Star, #100919, Political Officer

[Bill Garvy]

Record card

Order booklet nr. B-646890

1. Last name: Moshkov
2. First name and patronymic: Ivan Gavrilovich
3. Military rank: Captain
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1900
6. Place of birth: Village of Petrakovo, Murom Raion, Vladimir Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1925
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From July 1941 through 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Commissar of an artillery depot of the Group of Guards Mortar Units
12. Current place of service and position: Chief of the Storage Section of Krakhmalotrest [Starch Trust], city of Murom
13. Home address of the awardee: 3 Pervomaiskaya Street, Murom Raion, Vladimir Oblast

14. Record of all awards received:

Names of the orders and medals/Their numbers/Numbers of the documents/Ground of award

Order of the Red Star 100919 268529 Order of the Northern Group of the Trancaucasian Front nr. 058/N of December 29, 1942

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 Murom Raion
Colonel [signed] /Lilein/
December 21st, 1946

Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Moshkov, Ivan Gavrilovich
Military rank: Guards Senior Political Officer
Position and unit: Deputy chief of an artillery depot of the Operational Group
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1900
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1941
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
5. Participation in combat (where and when): Krim, North Caucasian, and Transcaucasian Front
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Murom Raion, Gorky Oblast
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): 3 Pervomaiskaya Street, City of Murom, Gorky Oblast

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits (to be compiled by the staff of the military unit, formation or institution):

While rendering much assistance as a political officer to the command of the artillery depot, comrade Moshkov managed to make the personnel of the artillery depot of the Operational Group of Guards Mortar Units work closely together in order to accomplish one single goal – the total defeat of the German forces. The personnel of the artillery depot are working closely together. He devotes attention to the uninterrupted supply of the guards mortar units with ammunition, personally driving ammunition to units in forward positions, which enabled the units to fight the enemy uninterruptedly, as was particularly shown near Gizel.

Continuously supplying the guards mortar units with ammunition, the artillery depot commanded by comrade Moshkov enabled the units to support the offensive of our forces with their powerful fire and kill and destroy a large quantity of enemy troops and materiel.

For displayed merits and bravery comrade Moshkov deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Operational Group of Guards Mortar Units of the Transcaucasian Front
Guards Colonel [signed] /Degtyaryov/

Member of the Military Council of the Operational Group of Guards Mortar Units of the Transcaucasian Front
Guards Regimental Commissar [signed] /Gubar/
20 November 1942

By Order of the Northern Group of the Transcaucasian Front nr. 058/N of December 29, 1942 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Correct: Assistant Chief of the 3rd Subsection of the Personnel Section
Quartermaster 3rd Grade [signed]

Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

[Pencil: Transcaucasian Front; March 4, 1943]

Order

Of the Northern Group of the Transcaucasian Front

December 29, 1942 – Nr. 058/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:

In the guards mortar units:

The Order of the Red Star to:

[…]

7. Guards Senior Political Officer Ivan Gavrilovich Moshkov, deputy chief of an artillery depot of the Operational Group

[…]

Commander of the Northern Group of the Transcaucasian Front
Lieutenant General [signed] /Maslennikov/

Member of the Military Council
Major General [signed] /Fominykh/

Chief of staff
Major General [signed] /Zabaluyev/


Chief of the Personnel Section
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Kuzin/

Photos/scans used with permission.

[Bill Garvy]

Service Record

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Moshkov, Ivan Gavrilovich
2. Date and place of birth: August 29, 1900, village of Petrakovo, Murom Raion, Vladimir Oblast
3. Nationality: Russian
4. Knowledge of foreign languages and level of mastery: No
5. Social situation and background: Serviceman from a family of farmers
6. Party affiliation
Member of the Communist Party since: 1925
Party membership booklet nr.: 0327775
Candidate member of the Communist Party since:
Member of the Komsomol since:
Not a party member:
Party penalties and changes in party affiliation:
7. Education
General education: 3 classes of rural school in 1912, Murom Raion
Military education (indicate full names of the military educational institutions, month and year of graduation, full or accelerated course attended): Six-month Advanced Officer Training Course at the Moscow Artillery School in 1941, three-month Junior Lieutenant Course with the Coastal Army in 1943, and three months with an officer training battalion on the 4th Ukrainian Front in 1945
Political education:
8. Service at the front: On the Krim Front from April 16, 1942 through September 18, 1943; on the North Caucasian Front from September 18, 1943 through October 15, 1943; and on the 4th Ukrainian Front from October 15, 1943 through May 9, 1945
9. Wounds and contusions: Slightly wounded in his leg on September 18, 1943 on the North Caucasian Front
10. Awards (orders and medals): Order of the Red Star on December 23, 1942; Medal for the Victory over Germany in 1945; Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus in 1944
11. Has he been in captivity or surrounded; when, where and for how long (if surrounded, only note escapes separate from his unit): No
12. Registration numbers:
13. Registered where (name of the military commissariat and oblast): Military Commissariat of the Murom Raion, Vladimir Oblast

14. Conferment of military ranks By whose order Order nr. Date
Senior Political Officer
Captain North Caucasian Front 0112/P Nov 17, 1942
Major 4th Ukrainian Front 0231 Apr 1, 1945

15. Personnel category: Commanding officers, reserve of the 1st category
16. Branch of arms: Infantry, military specialty nr. 1
17. State of health: Healthy
18. Attended trainings:
19. Place of service and duty position (or nature of activities outside military service): Chief of the Storage Section of Krakhmalopatochny trest [Starch and Saccharin Trust], Ministry of the Food Industry, city of Murom
20. Family situation and home address: Married. Wife: Yelizaveta Nikolayevna Moshkova, born in 1904. Daughter Vera born in 1926, daughter Klara born in 1928, daughter Mira born in 1931, daughter Oktyabrina born in 1936, son Yuri born in 1940. 3 Pervomaiskaya Street, city of Murom
21. Special remarks: Military ID nr. N-06025, issued on November 22, 1948

22. Service in the Soviet Army:

Name of the position/Name of the unit/By whose order/Order Number/Date
Private 58th Artillery Battalion, Leningrad Front June 15, 1919
Gun layer 2nd Independent Light Artillery Battalion, 2nd Coastal Army May 16, 1921
In reserve Soviet Army January 1, 1923
Cadet Ivanovo Military-Political School September 1, 1941
Cadet Advanced Officer Training Course at the 1st Moscow Artillery School October 15, 1941
Commissar Artillery depot of the Operational Groups of the Guards Mortar Units, Krim Front April 16, 1942
Cadet Junior Lieutenant Course, North Caucasian Front September 18, 1943
Reserve officer 16th Corps, 11th Army, 4th Ukrainian Front Oct 15, 1943
Cadet Officer training battalion, 4th Ukrainian Front October 3, 1944
Military commissar of the Murom Raion
Colonel [signed] /Lilein/

Chief of the 3rd Section
Captain [signed] /Knyazhechenko/
November 22, 1948
23. Transferred to the reserve of the 1st category with the rank of Major in accordance with Article 43, Section A Transcarpathian Military District 0214 September 16, 1945
24. Retired with the rank of:

25. Attestation

On which duty position Final conclusion of the attestation Date