Iakov Broud (March 24, 1900 – July 27, 1942) was a Soviet army commander of

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orign. He fought in the wars against the White movement and

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. He was a recipient of 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 ...

. He commanded the artillery in the 28th Army and the 64th Army. He was killed in action at

Stalingrad Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...

in 1942 supervising his troops crossing the Don River.

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