Colonel General Sergey Biryuzov, future Marshal of the Soviet Union, typed document signed, 1953.
Four pages, 8" x 11 ¾", front and verso. The document is a standard form for service evaluation and promotional recommendation of quartermaster Maj. Iosif Yatskov. Promotion was not recommended but the major was found adequate to continue in his post on condition that he improves discipline among his underlings and eliminates the "irregularities" in warehousing materiel (it's really easy to read between the lines here, isn't it).
In very good condition. The filing left margin features staple holes and a couple of rips that occurred when it was removed from its original file. Howev
Four pages, 8" x 11 ¾", front and verso. The document is a standard form for service evaluation and promotional recommendation of quartermaster Maj. Iosif Yatskov. Promotion was not recommended but the major was found adequate to continue in his post on condition that he improves discipline among his underlings and eliminates the "irregularities" in warehousing materiel (it's really easy to read between the lines here, isn't it).
In very good condition. The filing left margin features staple holes and a couple of rips that occurred when it was removed from its original file. However, this wear does not affect any of the typed or handwritten text. All the seals and signatures are perfectly legible and free of wear.
Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergey Biryuzov (Сергей Семенович Бирюзов, 1905 - 1964), volunteered to join the Red Army in 1922. By the beginning of WW2, he was in the rank of major general. During the war, he participated in several major battle operations, first as a staff officer and then as chief of staff on army level. Smolensk, Moscow, Stalingrad, followed by major offensive operations as chief of staff of the 4th Ukrainian Front under Marshal Tolbukhin's command. Helped to liberate Bulgaria and Yugoslavia.
In 1963, Biryuzov was appointed Chief of General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces, first deputy of the Minister of Defense. He died in a plane crash in 1964 in Yugoslavia, and was interned in the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, the highest posthumous honor in the Soviet Union.
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