http://www.museum.ru/museum/orden/list.html Though it's proving remarkably difficult to identify some most of the decorations. At least a few are to mark anniversaries of events: Forty years from the victory over Nazi Germany, 60 years since the formation of the Soviet Armed Forces, etc.
Still, I count no fewer than four decorations for bravery and disregard for personal safety in the line of duty.
If my cursory research is right, the gentleman in the photo served on the guard vessel Snowstorm, stationed in the far east, and engaged in military action against Japan during WWII. In particular, involved in the August-September 1945 battles for the North Korean steel producing and major port city of Ch'ŏngjin.
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Date: 2009-05-21 01:03 am (UTC)He must be a hoot to drink with!
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Date: 2009-05-21 04:47 am (UTC)Order of the Patriotic War http://soviet-awards.com/orders9.htm#order11
1 1st class
2 2nd class
Order of the Red Star http://www.soviet-awards.com/digest/redstar/RedStar1.htm
30th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
WW II issue Order of the Red Banner
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Date: 2009-05-21 06:54 am (UTC)Though it's proving remarkably difficult to identify some most of the decorations. At least a few are to mark anniversaries of events: Forty years from the victory over Nazi Germany, 60 years since the formation of the Soviet Armed Forces, etc.
Still, I count no fewer than four decorations for bravery and disregard for personal safety in the line of duty.
If my cursory research is right, the gentleman in the photo served on the guard vessel Snowstorm, stationed in the far east, and engaged in military action against Japan during WWII. In particular, involved in the August-September 1945 battles for the North Korean steel producing and major port city of Ch'ŏngjin.