Order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief
October 13, 1944
[No. 196]

ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

To Army General Maslennikov

To Army General Yeremenko

The troops of the 3rd Baltic Front, with the direct support of the troops of the 2nd Baltic Front, developing their successful offensive, today, October 13, captured by storm the capital of Soviet Latvia, the city of Riga — an important naval base and a powerful German defence hub in the Baltic.

In the battles for the capture of the city of Riga, distinction was won by the troops of Lieutenant-General Romanovsky, Colonel-General Belov, Lieutenant-General Zakhvatayev, Lieutenant-General Roginsky, Colonel-General Kazakov, Lieutenant-General Korotkov, Major-General Rozhdestvensky, the Latvian Corps of Major-General Brantkaln, Major-General Nikishin, Major-General Verzhbitsky, Major-General Siazov, Lieutenant-General Khalyuzin, Major-General Bunkov, Major-General Martynchuk, Colonel Abashkin, Lieutenant-General Khoruzhinko, Major-General Stuchenko, Major-General Kuleshov, Major-General Vakhrameyev, Major-General Lyaskin, Major-General Polyakov, Major-General Rodionov, Colonel Nikanorov, Colonel Teslya, Colonel Mironenko, Colonel Parshukov, Colonel Simonov, Colonel Gorodetsky, Colonel Dudorov, Colonel Kuchinev, Major-General Makarov, Colonel Basteyev, Colonel Andonyev, Major-General Gorishny, Major-General Shafarenko, Major-General Kozin, Major-General Burlakin, Major-General Rebrikov, Colonel Moretsky, Colonel Lomov, Colonel Morozov, Colonel Lazarev, Major-General Isayev, Colonel Kolabutin, Major-General Andryushchenko, Colonel Chernichenko, Major-General Gribov, Major-General Gusarov, Major-General Kalnin, Colonel Kovalenko, Colonel Kalnin, Colonel Kozlov, Colonel Timoshenko, Colonel Porfiriev, Colonel Starukhin; artillerymen of Colonel-General of Artillery Krasnopevtsev, Colonel-General of Artillery Nichkov, Major-General of Artillery Ovchinnikov, Major-General of Artillery Yegorov, Major-General of Artillery Levin, Colonel Shlepin, Major-General of Artillery Rogozin, Major-General of Artillery Kharlamov, Major-General of Artillery Kulikov, Colonel Ponomarenko, Colonel Pumpur, Colonel Ivanov, Colonel Kolosov, Colonel Degtyarenko, Colonel Kamorny, Lieutenant-Colonel Yegorov, Colonel Shkurikhin, Colonel Ivashchenko; tankmen of Major-General of Tank Troops Kolosov, Major-General of Tank Troops Shaposhnikov, Major-General of Tank Troops Sakhno, Colonel Ivanovich, Colonel Ovsyannikov, Lieutenant-Colonel Mzhachikh, Lieutenant-Colonel Fedorov, Lieutenant-Colonel Khomenko, Lieutenant-Colonel Kiselev; airmen of Lieutenant-General of Aviation Zhuravlev, Colonel-General of Aviation Naumenko, Lieutenant-General of Aviation Yukhanov, Lieutenant-General of Aviation Nestertsev, Lieutenant-General of Aviation Buyansky, Major-General of Aviation Danilov, Major-General of Aviation Lebedev, Colonel Dodonov, Colonel Andreyev, Lieutenant-Colonel Podmogylny, Colonel Polushko, Lieutenant-Colonel Kulish, Lieutenant-Colonel Zolochevsky, Major Yakovlev, Lieutenant-Colonel Rasskazov, Captain Neyuiminy; sappers of Major-General of Engineer Troops Kirchevsky, Major-General of Engineer Troops Pilipets, Major-General of Engineer Troops Chepurov, Colonel Sergeyev, Colonel Poshekhontsev, Colonel Rogovich, Colonel Pavshuk, Colonel Marchak, Lieutenant-Colonel Sobolev, Lieutenant-Colonel Anglichanov, Major Karpunenko; signallers of Major-General of Signal Troops Sinelnikov, Major-General of Signal Troops Panin, Colonel Korplyakov, Colonel Sokolov, Lieutenant-Colonel Drobkis, Lieutenant-Colonel Brandelis, Lieutenant-Colonel Mekenzin, Major [of State Security] Kosobokov.

To commemorate the victory achieved, the units and formations which particularly distinguished themselves in the battles for the capture of the city of Riga shall be recommended for conferment of the designation "Riga" and for the award of orders.

Today, October 13, at 23:00 hours, the capital of our Motherland, Moscow, in the name of the Motherland salutes the valiant troops of the 3rd and 2nd Baltic Fronts, including the Latvian Corps of Major-General Brantkaln, who captured the capital of Soviet Latvia, the city of Riga, with twenty-four artillery salvoes from three hundred and twenty-four guns.

For excellent combat operations I express my thanks to the troops under your command who took part in the battles for the liberation of the city of Riga.

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

Death to the German invaders!

Supreme Commander-in-Chief

Marshal of the Soviet Union I. STALIN

October 13, 1944 [No. 196]