Vasily Chernetsov
Vasily Mihailovich Tchernetzov | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 22, 1890 |
| Died | January 23, 1918 (aged 27) |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire |
| Service | Russian Imperial Army, Don Army |
| Years of service | 1909-1918 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | Tchernetzov's Partisans |
| Battles / wars | World War I Civil War in Russia |
| Awards | Order of St. Anna of 4th degree for bravery Order of St. Anna of 3rd degree Order of Saint Stanislaus of 3rd degree Order of Saint Stanislaus of 2nd degree Order of St. Vladimir of 4th degree * Golden St. George weapons "For bravery" |
Vasily Mihailovich Tchernetzov (Russian: Васи́лий Миха́йлович Чернецо́в) (March 3, 1890 – January 23, 1918) was a Don Cossack Russian Imperial Army officer who served as a colonel in the Don Army during the Russian Civil War. He led Tchernetzov's Partisans, an independent irregular Don Cossacks military company commissioned after the Act of Ataman by Alexey Kaledin on November 7, 1917.
Awards
- Order of St. Anna of 4th degree
- Order of St. Anna of 3rd degree
- Order of Saint Stanislaus of 3rd degree
- Order of Saint Stanislaus of 2nd degree
- Order of St. Vladimir of 4th degree
- Gold Sword for Bravery
Literature
The deaths of Colonel Tchernetzov and his Partisans by Bolsheviks are part of the plot of the Mikhail Sholokhov novel And Quiet Flows the Don.
References
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Categories:
- 1890 births
- 1918 deaths
- Russian Cossacks
- Russian anti-communists
- Guerrilla organizations
- Russian military personnel of World War I
- People of the Russian Civil War
- White Russians (movement)
- Don Cossacks
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir
- Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery