Nikolai Dmitriyevich Yakovlev (1898–1972) was a

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. During the 1937 - 1941 period, he was artillery chief of the Belorussian,

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and

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s. From 1941 to 1948, he was head of the

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(GAU) (In Russian: GAU = ''Glavnye Artilleryiskye Upravlenue'') and member of the Military Council of the

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'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.

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Životopis N.D.Jakovleva

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yakovlev, Nikolai Dmitriyevich 1898 births 1972 deaths Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery Soviet military personnel of World War II Soviet Marshals of Artillery Recipients of the Order of Lenin