Russia – Soviet: A long service award of the Order of the Red Banner to Lieutenant Colonel Aleksei Grigorevich Grigorev, the Course Director at the Higher Military Hydrometeorological Institute of the Red Army for wounds during the fighting against the Finns in the continuation war on the Karelian Isthmus in 1944 and for leadership skills during rifle training and on army regulations. He had earlier been involved in the Defence of Leningrad and would subsequently receive an Order of Lenin for 25 years long service.
Order of the Red Banner, type 4, rounded, the reverse numbered 163826
Condition: Nearly Extremely Fine
Aleksei Grigorevich Grigorev was born in the village of Syroi-Les, Gdovsky District, Leningrad Oblast in 1900. A Russian national he saw service in the Red Army between May 1919 and November 1938 including during the Civil War on the Petrograd Front and on the Southern Front
Recalled for service at the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, Grigorev would take part in the Defence of Leningrad and would later be awarded this Order of the Red Banner by decree of the Supreme Soviet on 30th April 1945 as a result of long service.
At the time of the award Grigorev was serving as a Major and Course Director, Higher Military Hydrometeorological Institute of the Red Army. The recommendation reads:
‘Major Grigorev was a participant of the Patriotic War from June 1941 to June 1944. During this 16 month period, he stayed directly on the front lines. As Chief of Staff of the 317th Rifle Regiment, 92nd Rifle Division during the offensive operations on the Lembolo Axis in the area of the village of Karpyupyula on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, he was wounded. He has worked at the institute since November 1944 and fully handles his circle of responsibilities. In the struggle for high military discipline, order, and organisation in the course, he undertakes great and not unsuccessful efforts During the past semester, the course year, which been behind in the past, achieve sufficiently high marks for academy advancement and took first place in the department. He organises and conducts classes well with students on rifle training and on the regulations of the RKKA. He is strict and exacting, but at the same time displays great concern for the day-to-day needs of his subordinates. He commands authority. His appearance is trim. He possesses command skills. He knows his personal weapon and shoots well. He is sufficiently well developed politically. His overall development is good. He is politically and morally steadfast. He is devoted to the party of Lenin and Stalin and the Socialist Motherland.’
Conclusion: Deserves the government award of the Order of the Red Star as an active participant of the Patriotic War, and having received a wound at the front.’
He would later go on to be awarded an Order of the Red Star by decree of the Leningrad Front on 29th May 1945, as well as an Order of Lenin for long service on 5th November 1946. He was also in receipt of the Medal for 20 years of the RKKA issued in February 1938.
