Mikhail Vasilyevich Yakovlev () (12 July 1893–1942) was an association football player. Yakovlev made his debut for

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on July 1, 1912 in a

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game against

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. He was killed as a civilian in the

Siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad was a Siege, military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 t ...

during

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1892 births 1942 deaths Men's footballers from the Russian Empire Russian Empire men's international footballers Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for the Russian Empire Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders Victims of the Siege of Leningrad 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1890s-stub