Ivan Yemelyanovich Chichevsky

Ivan Yemelyanovich Chichevsky

Order of the Red Star nr. 145712 was awarded by Order of the 5th Tank Army of April 21, 1943 to 27- or 28-year-old Senior Lieutenant Ivan Yemelyanovich Chichevsky, former senior adjutant of the Mortar Battalion of the 720th Rifle Regiment, 162nd Rifle Division, 38th Army, Southwestern Front.

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Last name, first name, and patronymic: Chichevsky, Ivan Yemelyanovich
Military rank: Senior Lieutenant
Position and unit: Senior adjutant of the Mortar Battalion of the 720th Rifle Regiment (he currently serves as assistant chief of staff of the 911th Rifle Regiment, 244th Rifle Division)

Nominated for: Order of the Red Star

1. Year of birth: 1914
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since October 1937
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1942
5. Combat service (where and when): At Lake Khasan from June 8 to June 18, 1938; Southwestern Front from March 13, 1942 to August 1, 1942; and Southeastern Front from August 1 to October 5, 1942
6. Wounds and contusions received: Wounded during the Patriotic War on April 4, 1942
7. Previous awards (for which achievements): Medal for Courage
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Kuibyshev Raion, city of Omsk
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): _______________

Brief, concrete description of his feat of arms or achievements:

During the fighting near the train station of Bulatselovka, Kharkov Oblast, comrade I.Y. Chichevsky showed himself a brave and disciplined Red Army commander who is capable of taking initiative. He is demanding of both himself and his subordinates and commands authority among his men. He served as senior adjutant of a mortar battalion.

He was always present in the most dangerous sector. During his regiment's offensive toward height 137.5, the commander of the 1st Mortar Company was killed, after which comrade Chichevsky assumed command of the company and inflicted heavy losses upon the enemy.

On June 22, 1942 the company launched a bayonet attack four times, during which near the village of Shevchenkovo, Kharkov Oblast, 230 enemy soldiers and officers were killed, 7 light machine guns were destroyed, 2 mortar batteries were suppressed, 1 enemy vehicle was taken out of action, and an enemy ammunition depot was blown up. During a hand-to-hand engagement comrade Chichevsky himself killed 7 soldiers and 1 officer and took 1 captured soldier back to the staff.

He is fearless in battle and dedicated to the motherland.

Senior Lieutenant I.Y. Chichevsky deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commanding officer of the 911th Rifle Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Dyachenko/
December 8, 1942

Order of the Red Star nr. 145712, reverse

Order of the Red Star nr. 145712, obverse and reverse