Nester Antonovich Petrovsky

Nester Antonovich Petrovsky

Order of the Red Star nr. 228814 was awarded by Order of the 19th Tank Corps of August 14, 1943 to 32-year-old Captain Nester Antonovich Petrovsky, head of Field Repair Post nr. 90, 19th Tank Corps, Central Front.

The 19th Tank Corps was part of the Central Front, which fought in the northern sector of the Kursk bulge in July 1943. On July 5, the date mentioned in the citation, the battle of Kursk started. Petrovsky's 19th Tank Corps was positioned roughly 80 kilometers north of Kursk, in between the 70th Army and 2nd Tank Army, opposite several divisions of General Model's German 9th Army.


Promotions	Date
Military Technician 2nd Grade (Lt.)	1936
Military Technician 1st Grade (Sr. Lt.)	1939
Captain	May 23, 1942
Major	November 2, 1943
Lieutenant Colonel	October 16, 1944
Major (demotion)	March 6, 1951
Lieutenant Colonel	November 10, 1951

Award citation

Last name, first name and patronymic: Petrovsky, Nestor Antonovich
Military rank: Captain
Position and unit: Head of Field Repair Post nr. 90

Nominated for: Order of the Red Star

1. Year of birth: 1910
2. Nationality: Ukrainian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1932
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
5. Involvement in combat (where and when): Took part in the fighting at Lake Khasan in 1938
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Previous awards (for which accomplishments): No
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Khristinovka Raion, Kiev Oblast
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): _______________

Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or accomplishments:

The head of Field Repair Post nr. 90, Captain Petrovsky, has exhibited exceptional initiative, diligence, and skill in repairing and overhauling tanks that had been put out of action. During the period in which the Corps was involved in combat operations, comrade Petrovsky mobilized the men of his field repair post to fulfill their repair targets. Regardless of the time of day or night, and in any and all weather conditions, the repair crews of Field Repair Post nr. 90 sacrificed their personal time and sought to return decommissioned tanks to service in the shortest possible time. Between July 5 and 31, 1943, Field Repair Post nr. 90 carried out the following repairs:

Medium tank repairs: 22 T-34s, 4 Mk-2s, 8 T-60s
Routine tank overhauls: 23 T-34s, 7 Mk-2s, 2 T-70s

For exceeding his repair targets and for the high quality of his repairs, comrade Petrovsky deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Assistant commander for technical matters of the 19th Tank Corps
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Buikevich/

Nester Antonovich Petrovsky

Order of the Red Star nr. 228814, reverse

Order of the Red Star nr. 228814, obverse and reverse