Russia – Soviet: An Order of Glory 3rd Class for wounds received during the liberation of Pomerania awarded to Guards Sergeant Ivan Ivanovich Ushakov, a submachine gunner in the 170th Red Banner Guards Rifle Regiment, 57th Novy Bug Orders of Suvorov and B

Russia – Soviet: An Order of Glory 3^rd Class for wounds received during the liberation of Pomerania awarded to Guards Sergeant Ivan Ivanovich Ushakov, a submachine gunner in the 170^th Red Banner Guards Rifle Regiment, 57^th Novy Bug Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Guards Rifle Division, he was also the recipient of an Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky for his role in the Vistula-Oder offensive of January-February 1945.

Order of Glory 3^rd Class, type 2, variation 2, with rotating-tool engraved numbering 791400

Condition: Good very fine

Ivan Ivanovich Ushanov was born in the village of Tupitsino, Spas-Demensk Raion, Kaluga Oblast in 1926. Attaining an elementary education he served in the Red Army between November 1943 and October 1950, seeing service with the 3^rd Ukrainian Front from 1^st January 1944 until 5^th May 1944 and then with the 1^st Belarussian Front from 1^st July 1944.

Ushanov was wounded in the fighting for the west bank Ukraine on 13^th February 1944, he was again wounded towards the end of the Lublin-Brest offensive on 2^nd August 1944, and was wounded for a third and final time on 7^th March 1945 for which he was awarded this Order of Glory 3^rd Class belatedly in 1983. The recommendation for the award was as follows:

‘Comrade Guards Private First Class I.I. Ushakov has been taking part in the Patriotic War since January 1, 1944. Over the course of the war he suffered 3 wounds. He sustained his third wound during the capture of the town of Rottstock. During this battle he showed valour and bravery, for which he deserves the Order of Glory 3^rd Class.’

Signed by the Commander of the 170^th Red Banner Guards Rifle Regiment, Guards Colonel N. Dronov.

Ushakov was also the recipient of an Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3^rd Class issued to him by Order of the 1^st Belarussian Front on 8^th April 1945, this would have been for actions during the Vistula-Oder offensive in January and February 1945. An unusually high award to a 18/19 year old, who was at that time acting as a Guards Sergeant.

After the war Ushakov worked as a Metalworker at the Department for Drainage and Irrigation Systems in the city of Lyuban, Minsk Oblast, where he was a resident living at 6 Bragin Street.