Russia – Soviet: An interesting long service award of the Order of the Red Banner awarded to Guards Colonel Arkady Leonyevich Dubrovsky, who after the war served as the Head of the Transport Department, on the Staff of the Military Garrison and Military C

Russia – Soviet: An interesting long service award of the Order of the Red Banner awarded to Guards Colonel Arkady Leonyevich Dubrovsky, who after the war served as the Head of the Transport Department, on the Staff of the Military Garrison and Military Commandant of Berlin, having been awarded an Order of the Red Star in early 1942, he would go on to be decorated for his role during the Donbass Offensive, Operation Bagration and during the Berlin Offensive.

Order of the Red Banner, type 3, reverse numbered 141415

Condition: Good very fine

Arkady Leonyevich Dubrovsky was born in the city of Stepy, Mogilev province during 1895. A Belarussian national, he attained a higher education before joining the Red Army in June 1919, and continuing to service throughout the next 30 years, eventually in various staff positions during the Great Patriotic War,

Dubrovsky, was first awarded an Order of the Red Star on 3^rd March 1942, the citation for this is unavailable on the Russian archive sites, but the date would suggest this is a possible award related to the Defence of Moscow or the following offensive that began on 5^th December 1941.

Next, Dubrovsky would be awarded an Order of the Patriotic War 2^nd Class by Order of the 3^rd Ukrainian Front on 19^th November 1943, this for service during July and August 1943 during the Soviet offensives in the Donbass immediately after the German defeat at the Battle of Kursk.

Next, Dubrovsky was awarded an Order of the Patriotic War 1^st Class by Order of the 1^st Belarussian Front on 18^th September 1944 as a result of his service during the Red Army’s summer offensive, Operation Bagration, that destroyed German Army Group Centre in Belarus.

This Order of the Red Banner was to be awarded on 3^rd November 1944, as a result of 20 years long service in the Red Army, part of the first batch of these awards to be given out. It was followed on 21^st February 1945 by an Order of Lenin for 25 years long service.

Dubrovsky was to receive an Order of the Red Banner by Order of the 1^st Belarussian Front on 18^th June 1945 for his role in the Berlin Offensive that had begun on 16^th April 1945 and concluded with the capture of the city on 2^nd May 1945. After the war he was to serve as the Head of the Transport Department, staff of the head of the Military Garrison and Military Commandant of Berlin.

The final award Dubrovsky was to receive was an Order of the Red Banner, numbered third award, for 30 years long service on 15^th November 1950. His place of residence being given as Apartment 4, 13 Kalyayevskaya Street, Moscow on his personal record card.

An interesting long service award to a Guards Colonel with an important logistics role.