Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class nr. 296650 was awarded by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of February 1, 1945 to 37- or 38-year-old civilian Vasily Pavlovich Kozlov, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bui Raion, Kostroma Oblast.

During the war, the Bui Raion (District) was one of 26 raions of the Kostroma Oblast (Province), a few hundred miles northeast of Moscow, with Bui being the oblast's second largest city. The Executive Committee (ispolkom) was a raion's highest body of executive power; in a way the position of Chairman can therefore be compared to that of a mayor.

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Last name: Kozlov
First name: Vasily
Patronymic: Pavlovich

Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class

Serial number of the order or medal: 296650
Number of the order booklet or temporary certificate: 197381

Ground of award: Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 1, 1945

Awarded for: Considering the fact that in wartime conditions grain procurement is of particularly great importance to achieve victory over the enemy and that it, given its significance, equates with frontline service, he is being decorated for successfully fulfilling the 1944 state plan on grain procurement.

Place and date of issue: February 18, 1945, Kostroma
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Biographical particulars

1. Last name:
2. First name and patronymic:
3. Sex: Male
4. Year of birth: 1907
5. Place of birth: Kostroma Oblast
6. Party membership (and period): Since 1938
7. Education: 4 classes and 2 years of vocational school
8. Nationality: Russian
9. Rank:
10. Occupation or position: Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bui Raion
11. Name of the company or institution where he is employed:
12. Service address:
13. Home address: _______________

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