[Paul Thompson]

For reference, the village of До́брая (english: Dobraya) mentioned above is located in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, coordinates 54°25' N 34°35' E .

A look at the Russian personnel loss database suggests that Nury Karievich Kuliev may have died of wounds on 16 December 1943, while serving as a battery commander of the 723rd anti-aircraft regiment of the 15th anti-aircraft division of the 4th Ukrainian front. The record gives the name only as Captain Nury Kuliev (Нурий Кулиев), so it is not absolutely certain.

Question to the moderators: I attempted to send a private message to Voltaire45, but discovered that no such function is available. Does this mean that private messaging is not enabled immediately for new forum members?

Regards,

Paul