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Fedorenko, Yakov Nikolayevich

Date of birth:
October 22nd, 1896 (Tsareborisovo/Kharkov Oblast, Russia)
Date of death:
March 26th, 1947 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Novodevitsji Cemetery
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

Yakov Fedorenko was a commander in the Soviet armored forces during the Second World War. In 1944, he became the Marshal of Armored Forces.

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Period:
Russian Civil War (1917-1922)
Awarded on:
January 27th, 1920
Orden Krasnogo Znameni (1918-1925)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 22nd, 1941
Orden Lenina (1936-1943)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 10th, 1942
Orden Lenina (1936-1943)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 6th, 1944
Orden Suvorova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 31st, 1944
Orden Kutuzova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 3rd, 1944
Orden Krasnogo Znameni (1943-1991)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 21st, 1945
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 21st, 1946
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1946
Order Krzyza Grunwaldu 1st Class

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