Yakov Mikhailovich Petrenko (1884-1942) - member of the White movement , Colonel of the Kornilov artillery brigade .
| Yakov Mikhailovich Petrenko | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | October 24 ( November 5 ) 1884 |
| Date of death | June 29, 1942 (57 years old) |
| Place of death | Paris , France |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire White movement |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles / wars | World War I Civil War |
| Awards and prizes |  |
Biography
He graduated from the Siberian Cadet Corps (1902) and Mikhailovsky Artillery School (1905), from where he was released as second lieutenant to the 3rd Grenadier Artillery Brigade .
On July 25, 1906, he was transferred to the 8th East Siberian Mountain Battery, and on January 12, 1907, to the 6th East Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade . Manufactured on assignments on September 11, 1907. On August 18, 1910 he was transferred to the 5th Turkestan Rifle Artillery Division. He was promoted to headquarters captain on August 31, 1911.
He entered the First World War as part of the 5th Turkestan Rifle Artillery Division. He was promoted to captain on July 13, 1916 " for his long service ." January 27, 1917 transferred to the 3rd Caucasian Separate Artillery Division. By the end of the war - Colonel .
In the Civil War he participated in the White movement in the south of Russia . He served in the 1st Artillery Brigade as part of the Volunteer Army and Armed Forces of the South of Russia , in July 1919 - platoon commander. On July 22, 1919 he was appointed commander of the 5th battery of the 1st artillery brigade. After the reorganization of the 1st Infantry Division, he was appointed commander of the 5th Battery of the Kornilov Artillery Brigade , which he also held in the Russian Army in Crimea. Distinguished himself in Northern Tavria . He was awarded the Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
| Because in the battles from May 25 to 30, 1920 for breaking through the enemy’s Perekop positions, he repeatedly went with his battery for a shotgun, overturned the enemy infantry and cavalry, and himself, despising the obvious danger, he occupied an observation post in front of his chains and did not leave him, despite heavy fire and the threat of an equestrian attack by the enemy, he continued to direct the fire of his battery, regardless of the resulting shell shock. |
He was a member of the Order of the Nikolaev Duma. Gallipoli . In the fall of 1925 - as part of the Kornilov Artillery Division in Bulgaria.
In exile in France. He was a member of the Society of Artillery Officers, led a group of the Kornilov Artillery Brigade in France (in Clichy). He died in 1942 in Paris. He was buried in the cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois .
Rewards
- Order of St. Anne 4th Art. with the inscription "for courage" (PAF 03.03.1917)
- Order of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker (Order of the All-Union Judiciary Union, No. 167, July 11, 1920)
- seniority with the rank of staff captain from August 10, 1910 (VP 21.06.1916)
- seniority with the rank of captain from August 10, 1913 (VP 15.12.1916)
Sources
- The highest orders of the War Department to No. 823 // Scout . - SPb. , 1906. - S. 591 .
- The highest orders of the War Department to No. 851 // Scout . - SPb. , 1907. - S. 21 .
- The highest orders of the War Department to No. 1036 // Scout . - SPb. , 1910. - S. 345 .
- Great Russia, No. 69 (481). - July 23, 1920 - S. 2.
- Levitov M.N. Materials for the history of the Kornilov shock regiment. - Paris, 1974.
- Volkov S.V. White movement. Encyclopedia of Civil War. - St. Petersburg: "Neva", 2002. - S. 424.