User talk:Kges1901/2017/May

April 2017 Military History Writers' Contest

		The Writer's Barnstar
		On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar for placing second in the April 2017 Military History Article Writing Contest with 77 points from 14 articles. Congratulations! AustralianRupert (talk) 02:46, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For Boris Snetkov. Great work!! Buckshot06 (talk) 13:19, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

If Matvei Burlakov is also on your list, there are some sources in the 'Crime and Corruption in the Ground Forces' section of Russian Ground Forces. Buckshot06 (talk) 13:20, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Buckshot, here are my plans for the next 2 weeks as regards major editing:

1. Improve Vilno MD to B-class
2. Create B-class article on Boris Snetkov's SP arty regiment during WWII, which has a particularly interesting and well-documented history
3. Create B-class article for Matvei Burlakov Kges1901 (talk) 20:38, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your amazing improvements to 180th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO. Thanks! Buckshot06 (talk) 17:33, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Strategic Air Command doctrine Op-ed: Tomstar81 looks at a little-known aspect of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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FAC Nomination "Battle of Prokhorovka"

I nominated "Battle of Prokhorovka" for Featured Article. Thought you might be interested. EyeTruth (talk) 04:50, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Imperial Russia and Soviet Union topics

Hello, Kges. On your missing topics page, the 9th Army Corps and 2nd Guards Infantry Division are still listed. I have created those articles. Is it okay to remove them from the list? Also, the Fyodor Kostenko image from the Russian wiki will not show up on the English wiki. Zee money (talk) 15:15, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

I removed the created articles from the list. The Kostenko photo won't show up because the Russian image is fair use (copyrighted) and fair use images aren't shared between wikis. Kges1901 (talk) 15:35, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For Soviet cruiser Kronstadt Buckshot06 (talk) 13:45, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

Repressed commanders new komkors

Hello, Kges. I have created articles for the four komkors that did not have them when you created the Repressed commanders page. Zee money (talk) 10:59, 16 May 2017 (UTC) Hello, Kges. I have created articles for the komkors Maxim Stepanov and Pyotr Branskikh. I propose that the articles for Alexander Yegorov and Ieronim Uborevich be upgraded from Stub to Start. Zee money (talk) 07:06, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

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3rd Guards Composite Aviation Regiment, Krmysk

I'm looking at doing an article for this unit, which appears to be 3 GvIAP [1] and 55 OVP amalgamated. Can you find anything more about it? Cheers Buckshot06 (talk) 05:50, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

2016 Local media from Krymsk], presumably quoting regimental personnel, says: Formed 21 October 1941 from personnel of the Chelyabinsk School of Gunners and Bombardiers as the 688th Night Light Bomber Aviation Regiment. Less than a month later, just after completing training, the regiment left for the front. In December and January 1942 it fought in the destruction of the Rzhev enemy group, and in the summer in the Battle of Stalingrad. For its actions at Stalingrad, the regiment became the 59th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment on 8 February 1943. On 2 September 1943 received the Order of the Red Banner. Fought in Orel-Kursk operation [Battle of Kursk], battles for liberation of Belarus, and Warsaw offensive [likely Warsaw-Poznan Offensive in Jan 1945, but could also be the Lublin-Brest Offensive in summer 1944]. For actions in liberating Baranovichi received Baranovichi honorific 27 June 1944, awarded Order of Suvorov 3rd class for actions in Berlin Offensive 16 April 1945. In August 1956, relocated to Astrakhan, became part of PVO, renamed 393rd GvIAP. December 1992 became 209th GvIAP, 1 September 2001 absorbed 562nd IAP at Krymsk and became 3rd GvIAP with transfer of battle flag and honorifics of 209th GvIAP and moved to Krymsk. 24 August 2009 3rd GvIAP and 178th Separate Helicopter-Rescue Detachment became 6972nd Guards Baranovichi Red Banner Order of Suvorov 3rd class Air Base of the 1st category at Krymsk. 11 November 2013 reformed to 1st Guards Mixed Aviation Division with transfer of the 6972nd's honorifics and flag. Col. Tagir Gadzhiyev was the division commander in 2016."

Archived Russian forum post where somebody tried to compile a history of the 6972nd Air Base Unfortunately most of the links referenced are permanently dead.

Ural State Military History Museum had a brief paragraph about regt in WWII b/c Chelyabinsk in Urals.

topwar.ru article about a dead pilot from the regiment and his letters home Adds that the regiment became an assault aviation regiment in May 1942.

[2] According to this 2017 press release from his home area, Tagir Gadzhiyev is now a Major General.

Official PR about division formation in 2013, RIAN article The division is apparently part of the 4th Air Army VVS and PVO according to topwar

So I'd recommend we use the most recent title and call the article "1st Guards Mixed Aviation Division (Russia)" (because a WWII AD existed with that name). Keep in mind that 3rd GvIAP also was formed during WWII and has different lineage, so I think a (Russia) disambig is needed for the 3rd GvIAP redirect. Kges1901 (talk) 09:51, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Yet, in 2008 Kommersant reported that a 1st Guards Stalingrad-Svir Mixed Aviation Division was based at Yeysk, [3] although Holm says that it was disbanded 2009. Kges1901 (talk) 09:51, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks very much Kges!! We already have an article about the division, 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division, thought it may now be composite. As you will see there, in 2013 it was reformed with five subordinate units - bomber, fighter aviation, transport, reconnaissance, and one other. JUst added that data. So I'll get on with a new article with all this data. Thanks!! Buckshot06 (talk) 21:54, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

New Southwestern Front commanders articles

Hello, Kges. I have created 3 articles for SW Front commanders from your Missing topics about Russian, Soviet, and CIS Military History list. They are Fyodor Ogorodnikov, Nikolai Volodchenko and Nikolai Stogov. I also put up the article for the 29th Chernigov Inf. Reg. I want to ask you if Fyodor Radetzsky and Fyodor Radetzky are the same person or two different people? Also, for the general Vladimir Smirnov, I only made one for Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov. Are there other generals who are also named Vladimir Smirnov? Zee money (talk) 14:52, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the references on the new SW Front commander articles, but you still have a problem with not translating the reference templates. Additionally, you should link military unit names in the succession boxes and they should placed at the bottom of the article and after {{s-start}} you should place {{s-mil}} to denote that these are military commands. Now to address your questions: the Radetzskys are the same person, it is a spelling variation. There are no other generals named Vladimir Smirnov. Kges1901 (talk) 19:48, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your work on 17th Rifle Corps. Spasiba bolshoy, tovarisch!! Buckshot06 (talk) 04:12, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Manning M. Kimmel

On 28 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Manning M. Kimmel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Manning M. Kimmel was one of four West Point graduates to fight on both sides of the American Civil War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Manning M. Kimmel. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Manning M. Kimmel), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Mifter (talk) 00:03, 28 May 2017 (UTC)