Yakov Cherevichenko

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Yakov Timofeyevich Cherevichenko (Russian: Яков Тимофеевич Черевиченко) (October 12, 1894 - July 4, 1976), Army General (1965), was a Soviet military leader.

In 1940, he held the rank of Lieutenant General and participated in the Bessarabian campaign.

Yakov Cherevichenko was awarded two Orders of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, four Orders of the Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov (1st Class), Order of Suvorov (2nd Class), Order of the Red Star, and numerous medals.