Visit to S. Budyonny military stud farms (1944)

Rostov Region, beginning of October, 1944.

Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny awarded orders of workers of military equestrian plants named Budennogo, Kirov and the First Cavalry Army for conscientious work.

Order of the Red Banner of Labor.

Budyonny awards the head of the Manic horse farm, Lieutenant-Colonel Nikita Makarovich Tarasenko; Order of "Badge of Honor" brigadier herd,  sergeant Fyodor Antonovich Seminyakin; Order of the Red Banner of Labor - a veterinarian, Lieutenant Colonel Vasily Prokhorovich Govorukhin.

Marshal Budyonny, in the presence of the chief of the Horse Service, Major-General Mikhail Ivanovich Chumakov, commander of the North Caucasian Military District, Lieutenant-General Nikolai Kuzmich Klykov examines the horses; observes the jumps.

Among those present at the races - SM's wife.

Budyonny - Maria V. Budyonny.