Vasily Tchernetzov

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.

Vasily Mihailovich Tchernetzov
Born(1890-03-22)March 22, 1890
DiedJanuary 23, 1918(1918-01-23) (aged 27)
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service/branchRussian Imperial Army, Don Army
Years of service1909–1918
RankColonel
Commands heldTchernetzov's Partisans
Battles/warsWorld War I Civil War in Russia
AwardsOrder 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"

Awards

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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