Yakov Cherevichenko

Yakov Cherevichenko
Born	(1894-10-12)12 October 1894 Novosyolovka, Russian Empire (now in Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation)
Died	4 July 1976(1976-07-04) (aged 81)
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Russia Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Red Army / Soviet Army
Years of service	1914-1917 1918-1950
Rank	Colonel-general
Commands held	Odessa Military District (1940 - June 1941) 9th Army (June - September 1941) 2nd Army (September - October 1941) Southern Front (October - December 1941) Bryansk Front (December 1941 - April 1942) Black Sea Group of Forces (August 1942 - October 1942) 5th Army (October 1942 - February 1943) Kharkov Military District (September 1943 - January 1944)
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War World War II Battle of Rostov Battle of Moscow Battle of Berlin
Awards	Order of Lenin (2x) Order of the Red Banner (4x) Order of Kutuzov, 1st class Order of Suvorov, 2nd class Order of the Red Star and other awards

Yakov Timofeyevich Cherevichenko (Russian: Я́ков Тимофе́евич Черевиче́нко; 12 October 1894 – 4 July 1976) was a Soviet military leader.

Yakov Cherevichenko was born to peasant parents in the village of Novosyolovka in the Russian Empire (now in Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation). He was conscripted into the Imperial Russian Army at the beginning of the First World War in 1914 and was a senior NCO by the time of the October Revolution in 1917.

Cherevichenko returned to his native region to organize a partisan group to defend the newly formed Bolshevik government against the anti-Bolshevik White movement after the Revolution, and this group became part of the Red Army in October 1918. Cherevichenko joined the Bolshevik Party at the height of the Russian Civil War in 1919 and served in the 1st Cavalry Army.

Cherevichenko attended the Red Army's Higher Cavalry School in 1924 and graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1935. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant-general when the traditional general officer ranks were introduced in the Red Army and served as commander of the Odessa Military District from 1940 to 1941. He was promoted to colonel-general in February 1941.

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