Order of the Red Banner

Title: Red Army man. Troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except marine aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD, Border Guard. Division: 150th Infantry Division of the Idritz-Berlin Kutuzov Order. Viktor G. Karbulov lived in the village of Uryum, Tetyusha district, Republic of Tatarstan, participant of the Great Patriotic War, holder of the Order of the Red Banner - this very important military award. He was a Red Army soldier, rifleman of 756th rifle regiment of 150th rifle division of Idritsk. V.G. Karbulov recalls "...I was conscripted into the army in June 44 and enrolled in a special combat battalion. Why only in 1944? I wasn’t tall, they didn’t want me in the beginning, then they needed me, the war required human reserves. Then I was trained for 2.5 months to become a paratrooper. But when the time came to use me in practice, I was expelled - I did not have enough weight. I got into the marching company. And immediately on the front line. Our troops were actively attacking. We liberated Poland. There were fierce battles on the approaches to Warsaw. Each house was like a fortress here. In one of the hard battles, which even hurts to remember, we were surrounded. From 68 people of our company only 15 survived by a miracle. Among them was I. When our troops broke through the ring of entourage, the Germans, retreating, destroyed everything on their way. And, of course, were ruthless to us, the soldiers. In the battle for Kunersdorf under strong fire of the enemy Karbulov was the first to cross the water border. He broke into the heavily fortified point of the enemy and destroyed 10 Hitlerites. When the ammo ran out, he opened fire from a trophy machine gun and provided the crossing for his unit. In the battle the squad leader was seriously injured and Karbulov took command, broke through with his department in the German trench, crushed the machine-gun point with grenades and set a red flag at a height. Karbulov held back furious German attacks for 10 hours until the unit approached. For this fight, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner and has an award sheet for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.