CITATION
KARGIN IVAN MIKHAILOVICH

During a night march, the cavalry regiment was the vanguard unit of the division. 
Guard Major KARGIN was leading the spearhead unit of the regiment. When on the 20th he approached very closely to the village Bashtanka, he was met with heavy machine-gun fire by the enemy guarding unit. Major KARGIN quickly turned around and deployed the squadrons "Tachankas" and opened fire. Under the covering fire of the "Tachnakas", his cavalry squadron assumed foot formation and, with a decisive push, defeated the enemy guarding unit. He destroyed 3 machine-gun positions and one 37mm gun with its crew. This allowed the regiment to deploy in a combat foot formation and capture the south-western side of the Bashtanka village. 
While manning the command post, he personally eliminated 6 enemy soldiers and one sniper by the fire of a light machine-gun. The enemy soldiers were occupying a position 200m away from the command post. 
In this engagement, the regiment eliminated 310 enemy troops, 18 vehicles, 4 guns, 1 mortar battery, 23 machine-guns, as well captured 2 food depots, 20 machine-guns, 22 horse carriages, 15 submachine-guns, 57 rifles, 15 bicycle, 5 motorcycles, and a lot of other materiel. 
In the engagement for GREYGOVO on 16 March 1944, his the 2nd sabre squadron and 45mm artillery battery conducted a night raid against an enemy horse wagon train. He scattered the enemy train, destroying in the process over 350 enemy horse carriages loaded with ammunition, food, and weapons. He captured over 150 horses. 
Comrade KARGIN deserves order "PATRIOTIC WAR I CLASS".

Signed by the commander of 42 Guards cossack cavalry regiment.
Guards Major MASLOV
25 March 1944

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He deserves order "PATRIOTIC WAR I CLASS"
Signed by the commander of 10 Guards Kuban cossack cavalry Red Banner division.
Guards Colonel GADALIN
27 March 1944

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He deserves order "ALEKSANDER NEVSKY"
Signed by the commander of 4 Guards Kuban cossack cavalry Red Banner corps.
Guards Lt. General PLIEV
17 March 1944