Soviet USSR WW II Certificate of Gratitude for the liberation of Wloclawek

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Stalin I.V.
Order of the Supreme Commander
January 20, 1945
No. 236
A source:
Orders of the Supreme Commander during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union: Collection. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1975. S. 309-310.
The troops of the 1st Belorussian Front, as a result of the rapid offensive of tank formations and infantry, today, January 20, captured the city of Wloclawek and Brzesc-Kujawski - large communications centers and strongholds of the German defense on the left bank of the Vistula. At the same time, the troops of the front, having crossed the Varta River, occupied the city of Kolo with a fight.
In the battles for the capture of the cities of Wloclawek, Brzesc-Kuyavsky and Kolo, the troops of Colonel General Chuikov, Lieutenant General Berzarin, Colonel Fomichenko distinguished themselves; tankers Major General of Tank Troops Vedeneev, Major General of Tank Troops Telyakov, Colonel Babajanyan, Major General Dremov, Colonel Potapov, Colonel Cheryapkin, Colonel Kopylov, Colonel Shamardin, Colonel Temnik, Colonel Lipatenkov, Colonel Rusakovsky, Colonel Morgunov, Colonel Pashkov, Lieutenant Colonel Zhil, Lieutenant Colonel Rybkin, Major Bugaenko, Major Gurenko, [Lieutenant Colonel] Kochkarenko; gunners Major General of Artillery Plaskov, Major General of Artillery Frolov, Lieutenant Colonel Dmitriev, Lieutenant Colonel Kotov; pilots of Major General of Aviation Tokarev, Major General of Aviation Dzusov, Lieutenant General of Aviation Savitsky, Major General of Aviation Karavatsky, Colonel Sitkin; sappers Colonel Velsky, Colonel Kharchevin, [Lieutenant Colonel] Chistyakov; signalmen Colonel Smolii, Lieutenant Colonel Zakharov, Colonel Ignatiev, Major Ulyanenkov.
To commemorate the victory, the formations and units that distinguished themselves most in the battles for the capture of the cities of Wloclawek, Brzesc-Kujawski and Kolo are presented for awarding orders.
Today, January 20, at 11:30 p.m., the capital of our Motherland, Moscow, on behalf of the Motherland, salutes the valiant troops of the 1st Belorussian Front, which captured the cities of Wloclawek, Brzesc-Kujawski and Kolo, with twenty artillery volleys from two hundred and twenty-four guns.
For excellent military operations, I express gratitude to the troops led by you who participated in the battles for the liberation of Wloclawek and other cities named