Record card
Order booklet / certificate nr. B-859192
1. Last name: Danilkin
2. First name and patronymic: Stepan Mikhailovich
3. Military rank: Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1917
6. Place of birth: Shablykino Raion, Oryol Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a member
8. Education: 4 classes in 1929
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From 1943 through 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: 301st Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: “Vtoraya Pyatiletka” [“Second Five-Year Plan”] Kolkhoz, N. Semyonovsky Rural Municipality
13. Home address of the awardee: “Vtoraya Pyatiletka” [“Second Five-Year Plan”] Kolkhoz, N. Semyonovsky Rural Municipality
14. List of all awards received:
Order of the Red Star 1270081, Temporary certificate nr. Ye-394612, Order of the 301st Rifle Division nr. 64/N of April 10, 1945
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class 821927, Temporary certificate nr. K-350746, Order of the 9th Rifle Corps nr. 86 of June 20, 1945
Medal for Courage 1740700, Temporary certificate nr. 328993, Order of the artillery commander of the 301st Rifle Division nr. 5/N of August 4, 1944
Signature of the awardee: [signed]
I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):
Military commissar of the Ivanovka Raion
Major [signed] /Maternovsky/
April 14, 1947
ORS 1270081, Oder River.
Re: ORS 1270081, Oder River.
Order
Of the 301st Stalino Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Rifle Division
April 10, 1945 – Nr. 64/N – Operational Army
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary execution of combat missions at the front in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:
The Order of the Red Star to:
[…]
3. Private First Class Stepan Mikhailovich Danilkin, senior laboratory technician in the Division’s 337th Independent Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion
[…]
Commander of the 301st Stalino Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Rifle Division
Hero of the Soviet Union
Colonel [signed] /Antonov/
Divisional chief of staff
Colonel [signed] /Safonov/
Chief of the Personnel Section of the 301st Stalino Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Rifle Division
Major of the Administrative Service [signed] /Karchevsky/
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Award sheet
1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Danilkin, Stepan Mikhailovich
2. Rank: Private First Class
3. Position and unit: Senior laboratory technician in the 337th Independent Stalino Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion, 301st Stalino Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1917
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): 4th Ukrainian Front from November 21, 1943 through February 10, 1944; 3rd Ukrainian Front from February 10, 1944 through October 1, 1944; and 1st Belorussian Front since October 1, 1944
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since November 3, 1943
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Ivanovka Raion, Zaporozhe Oblast
11. Previous awards (for which accomplishments): Medal for Courage by Order of the artillery commander of the 301st Stalino Rifle Division nr. 5/N of August 4, 1944
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and his family’s address: _______________
Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or accomplishments:
During the fighting to breach the enemy defenses south of the town of Warka (Poland) on January 14, 1945, S.M. Danilkin brought ammunition to the batteries’ firing positions in a timely manner and under heavy enemy fire, thus ensuring that the battalion could accomplish its combat mission.
During the fighting to hold the bridgehead on the western bank of the Oder River between February 2, 1945 and February 10, 1945, S.M. Danilkin once again delivered shells to the batteries’ firing positions without any interruptions.
He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 337th Independent Stalino Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion
Major [signed] /Prestinsky/
March 27, 1945
By Order of the 301st Stalino Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Rifle Division nr. 64/N of April 10, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Chief of the Division’s Personnel Section
Major of the Administrative Service [signed] /Karchevsky/
April 10, 1945
Of the 301st Stalino Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Rifle Division
April 10, 1945 – Nr. 64/N – Operational Army
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary execution of combat missions at the front in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:
The Order of the Red Star to:
[…]
3. Private First Class Stepan Mikhailovich Danilkin, senior laboratory technician in the Division’s 337th Independent Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion
[…]
Commander of the 301st Stalino Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Rifle Division
Hero of the Soviet Union
Colonel [signed] /Antonov/
Divisional chief of staff
Colonel [signed] /Safonov/
Chief of the Personnel Section of the 301st Stalino Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Rifle Division
Major of the Administrative Service [signed] /Karchevsky/
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Award sheet
1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Danilkin, Stepan Mikhailovich
2. Rank: Private First Class
3. Position and unit: Senior laboratory technician in the 337th Independent Stalino Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion, 301st Stalino Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1917
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): 4th Ukrainian Front from November 21, 1943 through February 10, 1944; 3rd Ukrainian Front from February 10, 1944 through October 1, 1944; and 1st Belorussian Front since October 1, 1944
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since November 3, 1943
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Ivanovka Raion, Zaporozhe Oblast
11. Previous awards (for which accomplishments): Medal for Courage by Order of the artillery commander of the 301st Stalino Rifle Division nr. 5/N of August 4, 1944
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and his family’s address: _______________
Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or accomplishments:
During the fighting to breach the enemy defenses south of the town of Warka (Poland) on January 14, 1945, S.M. Danilkin brought ammunition to the batteries’ firing positions in a timely manner and under heavy enemy fire, thus ensuring that the battalion could accomplish its combat mission.
During the fighting to hold the bridgehead on the western bank of the Oder River between February 2, 1945 and February 10, 1945, S.M. Danilkin once again delivered shells to the batteries’ firing positions without any interruptions.
He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 337th Independent Stalino Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion
Major [signed] /Prestinsky/
March 27, 1945
By Order of the 301st Stalino Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Rifle Division nr. 64/N of April 10, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Chief of the Division’s Personnel Section
Major of the Administrative Service [signed] /Karchevsky/
April 10, 1945
Re: ORS 1270081, Oder River.
The Red Star
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Re: ORS 1270081, Oder River.
I was very confused by this position: Senior laboratory technician
so on the internet i find "Лаборатория" or Laboratorist in English it seems
Duties are as follows:
"In short, the work associated with the ammunition from the equipping to disposal, acquisition, repair, assembly, monitoring the state of explosives and propellants, testing their resistance, ballistic tests of powder charges, control over the reliability of fuses."
Perhaps others here already knew but i did not!
Thank you for sharing this cool award
so on the internet i find "Лаборатория" or Laboratorist in English it seems
Duties are as follows:
"In short, the work associated with the ammunition from the equipping to disposal, acquisition, repair, assembly, monitoring the state of explosives and propellants, testing their resistance, ballistic tests of powder charges, control over the reliability of fuses."
Perhaps others here already knew but i did not!
Thank you for sharing this cool award
Camminare via, con la speranza nel cuore e non sarai mai camminare da solo.
Re: ORS 1270081, Oder River.
He was an expert on heavy weapons of all kinds....I suppose 
Re: ORS 1270081, Oder River.
Very interesting story - and very tense moment of the war! The Nazi beast had almost been hunted down in its liar, and yet this was the moment when Stalin feared the Ango-American troops could have entered Berlin first.
His 301 Stalino Riflers Division was not a very lucky one, unfortunately, since it had been annihilated at Kiev in 1941. In it's third re-establishment it however had much more luck and took part to the victorious drive of the Red Army into the heart of Europe. It was part of the 9th Riflers Corps, 5th Shock Army. Here some info on the Division.
And here a map where we can see the position the 5th Shock Army was occupying, while our Danilkin got his Star!
His 301 Stalino Riflers Division was not a very lucky one, unfortunately, since it had been annihilated at Kiev in 1941. In it's third re-establishment it however had much more luck and took part to the victorious drive of the Red Army into the heart of Europe. It was part of the 9th Riflers Corps, 5th Shock Army. Here some info on the Division.
And here a map where we can see the position the 5th Shock Army was occupying, while our Danilkin got his Star!
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Re: ORS 1270081, Oder River.
Thank you so much for the information, it is of great help to me. I appreciate it. 
Re: ORS 1270081, Oder River.
Grazie G, io adoro queste integrazioniGC* ha scritto:
And here a map where we can see the position the 5th Shock Army was occupying, while our Danilkin got his Star!
Sii il vento, e non la foglia - С уважением, filo 