Scouts of the 1st Detachment if the 506th Independent Mortar Regiment of High Command Reserve

Scouts of the 1st Detachment if the 506th Independent Mortar Regiment of High Command Reserve: A. Smirnov, D. Malikov, N. Malika, M. Zhitelev and I. Chistov who were the first to storm into enemy trenches during the breakthrough of a heavily fortified defensive belt north of Novgorod, capturing 8 enemy soldiers and a Nazi flag. Senior Lieutenant N. Malika was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the 506th Regiment was given the honorific title "Novgorodsky" in the aftermath of the operation.
Volkhov front, January 1944

Alexander Shmidke‎