Sergei Alekseyevich Borovkov

Sergei Alekseyevich Borovkov

Order of the Red Star nr. 212772 was awarded by Order of the Western Front of August 27, 1943 to 51-year-old Colonel of the Veterinary Service Sergei Alekseyevich Borovkov, chief of the Veterinary Service of the 49th Army, Western Front.


Promotions	Date
Military Veterinarian 1st Grade [Lt.Col.]	1936
Brigade Military Veterinarian [Col.]	September 19, 1941
Colonel of the Veterinary Service	February 14, 1943

Award citation

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1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Borovkov, Sergei Alekseyevich
2. Military rank: Colonel of the Veterinary Service
3. Position and unit: Chief of the Veterinary Service of the 49th Army

Nominated for: Order of the Red Star

4. Year of birth: 1892
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend of the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): Took part in the Civil War, serving on the Eastern Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: 1918
10. Drafted by which military commissariat:
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Medal for the 20th Anniversary of the Red Army
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Comrade Borovkov is an energetic, strong-willed, and decisive commander. He possesses a thorough knowledge of veterinary matters and loves his profession. He spends a significant amount of his time directly with the units and personally inspected almost all of the army's horses. He organized the prophylactic duties very well and his veterinary institutions achieved very good medical results. He assigned the veterinary physicians correctly and he seeks to keep systematically educating the veterinary personnel.

He is a knowledgeable commander and a modest comrade. Colonel Borovkov is considered an authority among the army's veterinary personnel.

Colonel Borovkov has been serving in executive positions in the Red Army continuously for 25 years. During the Patriotic War he was nominated for an award twice, but for reasons unknown to the army's Military Council he never received any awards.

Colonel Borovkov deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Deputy army commander and chief of the Rear Area
Colonel [signed] /Lagovsky/
June 30, 1943

Sergei Alekseyevich Borovkov

Order of the Red Star nr. 212772, reverse

Order of the Red Star nr. 212772, obverse and reverse