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Ivan Ksenofontovich Bakteyev
Order of the Red Star nr. 109435 was awarded by Order of the 39th Guards Rifle Division of January
6, 1943 to 20- or 21-year-old Guards Private Ivan Ksenofontovich Bakteyev, telephone operator in the Signal Company of
the 117th Guards Rifle Regiment, 39th Guards Rifle Division, 62nd Army, Don Front.
Award citation
1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Bikteyev, Ivan Ksenofontovich
2. Rank: Guards Private
3. Position and unit: Telephone operator in the Signal Company of the 117th Guards Rifle Regiment, 39th Guards
Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1922
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Komsomol member
7. Participation in the Civil War and the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR (where and when): In the
Patriotic War on the Stalingrad Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: He was wounded
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Tatarsk District, Novosibirsk
Province
11. Previous awards (for which achievements): No
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and his family's address: _______________
Brief, concrete description of his feat of arms or achievements:
Comrade Bikteyev is a brave and fearless soldier. During the fighting on December 13 and 14,
1942 he personally repaired as many as 30 breaks in the telephone cable under heavy enemy mortar and machine-gun fire,
thus ensuring uninterrupted communications with the battalions. On these same days comrade Bikteyev reeled out a new
telephone cable to one of the units across open terrain.
During the fighting on December 14 of this year, comrade Bikteyev used a captured mortar to destroy
an enemy machine gun and kill its crew.
For the bravery and heroism he displayed, comrade Bikteyev deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commanding officer of the 117th Guards Rifle Regiment
Guards Major [signed by deputy] /Uskov/
December 22, 1942
Order of the Red Star nr. 109435, obverse and reverse
Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image.
Troops of the 39th Guards Rifle Division - probably the 120th Guards Rifle Regiment - fighting in the Marten
Shop of the Krasny Oktyabr Factory, December 1942
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General Chuikov issues the 39th Guards Rifle Division its guards banner in the Krasny Oktyabr Factory
area, January 3, 1943
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The Krasny Oktyabr Factory in ruins, January 21, 1943
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The main entrance of the Krasny Oktyabr Factory after the battle
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The Soviet-German front line in Stalingrad on December 13, 1942. The 39th Guards Rifle Division is highlighted
in red
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A map of the German-Soviet lines running through the Krasny Oktyabr Factory in the evening of December
13, 1942. The Volga River is at the bottom. The 117th Guards Rifle Regiment is highlighted in red
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