Korotayev Yakov

Yakov Nikolaevich Korotayev () (1892, Onon-Borzya railway station - 1937) was a Soviet partisan in

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during the

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. He was a Baikal Cossack and participant of

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in the

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. After the end of the war Korotayev returned to Transbaikal and joined the Soviets in their struggle against Ataman Grigory Semyonov on the Transbaikal Front. After the fall of the Soviets in Siberia in the summer of 1918 he was one of the founders of the Altagachansky Commune, the nucleus of the Partisan resistance to Grigory Semyonov's troops and the Japanese Expeditionary Corps. In December 1919 Koroayev headed the 1st Cavalry Regiment. After Pavel Zhuravlev's death he was appointed the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Transbaikalian Front. At the outbreak of the three operations of retaking Chita all partisan formations were reorganized into regular troops and Korotayev headed the Transbaikal Cavalry Division named after him. He was decorated with the

Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner () was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. It was the highest award of S ...

. After the

Korotayev served at many military posts. He was repressed and shot during the

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of 1937-1938. {{DEFAULTSORT:Korotayev, Yakov People of the Russian Civil War History of Zabaykalsky Krai 1892 births 1937 deaths