Yakov Nikolayevich Fedorenko (; 26 March 1947) was a Soviet marshal and commander during

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Life

Yakov Fedorenko was born to a working-class family in Tsareborisovo. He died in

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on 26 March 1947.

Career

In 1915, during

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, he was drafted into the

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. He also participated in

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. He joined the

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in 1918. In the 1920s, he completed the Higher Artillery Command School, and commanded multiple battalions and regiments. On 4 June 1940, he became the Lieutenant-General of the Tank Troops. On 1 January 1940, he became a Colonel-General of the Tank Troops. On 21 February 1944, he became Marshal of the Tank Troops.

Ranks

Kombrig () is an abbreviation of Commanding officer of the brigade (), and was a military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces of the USSR from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation to military personnel appointed to command a brigade sized formation (X ...

, 26 November 1935. *

Komdiv () is the syllabic abbreviation to commanding officer of the division (; ), and was a military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces of the USSR in the period from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation to military personnel appointed to command ...

, 4 November 1939.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fedorenko, Yakov 1896 births 1947 deaths People from Kharkiv Oblast People from Izyumsky Uyezd Russian Social Democratic Labour Party members Old Bolsheviks Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Second convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Soviet Marshals of Tank Troops Frunze Military Academy alumni Russian military personnel of World War I Military personnel of the 1st Cavalry Army Soviet military personnel of World War II Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class