Order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief
28 June 1944
[No. 122]

ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

To Colonel-General Zakharov

Troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front, having forced the Dnieper on a sector 120 kilometres long, broke through the second German defensive line prepared along the western bank of the river, and today, 28 June, captured by storm the large regional centre of Belorussia — the city of Mogilev — an operationally important strongpoint of the German defences in the Minsk direction, and also seized the cities of Shklov and Bykhov in fighting.

In the fighting to force the Dnieper and capture the cities of Mogilev, Shklov, and Bykhov, distinction was won by troops of Lieutenant-General Boldin, Lieutenant-General Grishin, Lieutenant-General Kryuchonkin, Major-General Multan, Major-General Zakharov, Major-General Terentyev, Major-General Naumov, Major-General Smirnov, Major-General Yakimovich, Colonel Shchennikov, Colonel Kolesnikov, Colonel Druzhinin, Colonel Yurin, Colonel Slits, Colonel Artemyev, Major-General Kononenko, Major-General Gasparyan, Major-General Shkrylev, Colonel Galaiko, Major-General Krasnoshtan, Major-General Kirillov, Colonel Gusev, Colonel Suprunov, Major-General Kustov, Major-General Samarsky, Colonel Kazak, Major-General Dalmatov; artillerymen of Lieutenant-General of Artillery Sokolsky, Lieutenant-General of Artillery Bodrov, Major-General of Artillery Degtyarev, Major-General of Artillery Karenin, Major-General of Artillery Razintsev, Colonel Mikhno, Colonel Yershov, Colonel Kasyanov, Colonel Chernobayev, Colonel Karnyshev, Colonel Zyablikov, Colonel Bryzgalin, Colonel Malofeyev, Colonel Ushakov, Colonel Kileyev, Colonel Sokolenko, Colonel Korolev, Colonel Turchaninov, Lieutenant-Colonel Zernov, Lieutenant-Colonel Voitsyekhovsky, Lieutenant-Colonel Akhtyrchenko, Lieutenant-Colonel Kiselev, Lieutenant-Colonel Varshavsky, Lieutenant-Colonel Rusetsky, Lieutenant-Colonel Derbenev, Lieutenant-Colonel Fedorov, Lieutenant-Colonel Babich, Lieutenant-Colonel Yelesin, Lieutenant-Colonel Yaremenko, Lieutenant-Colonel Pentyashkin, Lieutenant-Colonel Kaminsky, Colonel Shkuratov; tankmen of Colonel Yershov, Colonel Kotov, Colonel Lukashev, Colonel Tulovsky, Lieutenant-Colonel Tatarenko, Lieutenant-Colonel Kopylov, Major Segedin, Major Samuilkin, Major Rayevsky, Colonel Nikolayev; airmen of Colonel-General of Aviation Vershinin, Colonel Volkov, Major Maximenko, Major Rubtsov, Major Arbatov, Lieutenant-Colonel Kolomiets, Lieutenant-Colonel Katrukh, Major Bershanskaya, Lieutenant-Colonel Yermilov, Lieutenant-Colonel Sokolov, Colonel Getman, Colonel Vuss, Lieutenant-Colonel Pokoyevy, Lieutenant-Colonel Eliseyev; sappers of Major-General of Engineering Troops Bordziilovsky, Colonel Melnikov, Colonel Sokolov, Colonel Dergunov, Colonel Loginov, Colonel Vizirov, Lieutenant-Colonel Gusev, Major Smyshlyayev, Major Kanarchik, and signallers of Major-General of Signal Troops Borzov, Lieutenant-Colonel Korbut, Lieutenant-Colonel Chirkin, Lieutenant-Colonel Shapovalov, Captain Glushkov, Captain Vainrub, Captain Borisov.

To commemorate the victory, the formations and units which distinguished themselves most in the fighting to force the Dnieper and capture the cities of Mogilev, Shklov, and Bykhov shall be recommended for conferment of the titles "Upper Dnieper" and "Mogilev" and for award of orders.

Today, 28 June, at 22 hours, the capital of our Motherland, Moscow, on behalf of the Motherland, salutes the valiant troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front that forced the Dnieper and captured the cities of Mogilev, Shklov, and Bykhov with twenty artillery salvoes from two hundred and twenty-four guns.

For excellent combat operations I express my thanks to the troops under your command who participated in the fighting to force the Dnieper and liberate the cities of Mogilev, Shklov, and Bykhov.

Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in the fighting for the freedom and independence of our Motherland!

Death to the German invaders!

Supreme Commander-in-Chief

Marshal of the Soviet Union I. STALIN

28 June 1944 [No. 122]