Vladimir Ivanovich Ivanov

Vladimir Ivanovich Ivanov

Order of the Red Star nr. 103683 was awarded by Order of the 233rd Rifle Division of February 6, 1943 to 19-year-old Private Vladimir Ivanovich Ivanov, sapper-scout in the 341st Independent Sapper Battalion, 233rd Rifle Division, 65th Army, Don Front.


Promotions	Date
Lieutenant	June 3, 1948
Senior Lieutenant	April 21, 1950
Captain	February 9, 1952
Major	September 14, 1961
Lieutenant Colonel	April 30, 1975

Award citation

Last name, first name, and patronymic: Ivanov, Vladimir Ivanovich
Military rank: Private
Position: Private in the 341st Independent Sapper Battalion, 233rd Rifle Division

Nominated for: Order of the Red Star

1. Year of birth: 1923
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Party affiliation: Not a member
4. Since when in the Red Army: Since February 25, 1942
5. Combat service (where and when): On the Don Front since September 12, 1942
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which achievements): None
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the city of Vologda
9. Home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): 58 Vorovskaya Street, apartment 43. Mother: Irina Ivanovna Ivanova

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

Together with Privates Dudarevich and Pesterev sapper-scout V.I. Ivanov was assigned a combat mission during the fighting for the village of Bezymyanny ["No Name"] on February 1, 1943. The mission was to clear the ridge of the Vishnyovaya ["Cherry"] gully, containing Germans who were firing with machine guns and rifles from the flank at our attacking infantrymen. Private Ivanov approached the first bunker unseen and threw two grenades through its window, killing 5 German soldiers. Together with Privates Dudarevich and Pesterev, Ivanov took 23 German soldiers prisoner. During the fighting for the Barrikady settlement and factory on February 2, 1943, Private Ivanov tossed grenades into a trench containing Germans attempting to resist, killing 13 soldiers and taking 18 German soldiers and officers prisoner. While conducting an engineer reconnaissance mission in the village of Bezymyanny, Private Ivanov detected and deactivated 8 antitank mines.

Commander of the 341st Independent Sapper Battalion
Captain [signed] /Pozdnyakov/
February 3, 1943

Vladimir Ivanovich Ivanov

Order of the Red Star nr. 103683, reverse

Order of the Red Star nr. 103683, obverse and reverse

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A map of northwestern Stalingrad, showing the Vishnyovaya gully (circled on the left), the Barrikady settlement (center), and the Barrikady factory (right)	A Red Army soldier in the Barrikady factory
A Soviet soldier removing mines in Stalingrad	A Soviet sapper near Stalingrad removing an antitank mine