Yakov Korotayev

Yakov Nikolaevich Korotayev (russian: Яков Николаевич Коротаев (Каратаев)) (1892, Onon-Borzya railway station - 1937) was a Soviet partisan in

Transbaikal Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia ( rus, Забайка́лье, r=Zabaykalye, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ), or Dauria (, ''Dauriya'') is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal in Far Eastern Russia. The steppe and ...

during the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

. He was a Baikal Cossack and participant of

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in the

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. After the end of th,e war Korotayev returned to Transbaikal and joined the Soviets in their struggle against Ataman Grigory Semyonov on the Transbaikal Front. After the fall of the Soviets in Siberia in the summer of 1918 he was one of the founders of the Altagachansky Commune, the nucleus of the Partisan resistance to Grigory Semyonov's troops and the Japanese Expeditionary Corps. In December 1919 Koroayev headed the 1st Cavalry Regiment. After Pavel Zhuravlev's death he was appointed the commander-in-chief of the

Eastern Transbaikalian Front The Eastern Transbaikalian Front (russian: Восто́чно-Забайка́льский фронт) was a Soviet partisan front from April 21, 1919 to October 7, 1920. Initially it consisted of three regiments which had fought against Grigory ...

. At the outbreak of the three operat tons of retakin,g Chita all partisan formations were reorganized into regular t,roops and Korotayev headed the Transbaikal Cavalry Division named after him. He was decorated with the

Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of th ...

. After the

Korotayev served at many military posts. He was repressed and shot during the

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of 1937-1938. {{DEFAULTSORT:Korotayev, Yakov People of the Russian Civil War History of Zabaykalsky Krai 1892 births 1937 deaths