Nikolai Dmitriyevich Yakovlev

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Soviet artillery marshal (1898-1972)

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Nikolai Dmitriyevich Yakovlev (1898-1972) was a Soviet Marshal of the artillery. During the 1937 - 1941 period, he was artillery chief of the Belorussian, North Caucasus and Kiev Military Districts.

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Awards 19

Order of the Red Banner

Order of Lenin

Order of Suvorov, 1st class

Order of Kutuzov, 1st class

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"

Medal "For the Victory over Japan"

Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Sino-Soviet Friendship Medal

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"

Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

Medal "For the strengthening of friendship in arms"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution"

Jubilee Medal "30 years of the Victory in Khalkhin-Gol"

Connected to Nikolai 6

Philipp BobkovAlso won Jubilee Medal "30 years of the Victory in Khalkhin-Gol"

Pavel PoluboyarovAlso won Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"

Alexander Pavlovich VinogradovAlso won Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution"

Stepan KrasovskyAlso won Order of Suvorov, 1st class

Pyotr FedotovAlso won Order of Kutuzov, 1st class Ivan PstygoAlso won Medal "For the strengthening of friendship in arms"

About this person

Nikolai Dmitriyevich Yakovlev (1898-1972) was a Soviet Marshal of the artillery. During the 1937 - 1941 period, he was artillery chief of the Belorussian, North Caucasus and Kiev Military Districts. From 1941 to 1948, he was head of the Main Artillery Directorate (GAU) and member of the Military Council of the Red Army's artillery force. In this position, he carried out a great amount of work to provide the combat army with arms and munitions. New types of artillery weapons and munitions were developed and introduced in the army under his guidance. He was later imprisoned from 1952 to 1953, and retired in 1960.