Yakov Dashevsky

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Yakov Sergeyevich Dashevsky
Born(1902-04-18)18 April 1902
Lieutenant-general
Commands held
Battles/wars
AwardsOrder of Lenin

Yakov Sergeyevich Dashevsky (

lieutenant-general
.

Dashevsky joined the

51st
Armies in 1942-1945.

Awarded the rank of

lieutenant-general in 1944, Dashevsky was the chief of staff for the Ural Military District
in 1945-1947 and next served as the deputy head of the General Staff Academy's Operations Department until his retirement in 1965.

Biography

Yakov Dashevsky was born in 1902 in

Jewish family.[1]

He joined the

companies and battalions from October 1926 to August 1930, when he was assigned to work in the Intelligence Directorate of the Red Army.[1] He joined the Communist Party in 1928.[1]

Dashevsky attended the

General Staff Academy from October 1939 until July 1941.[1]

Dashevsky was named the

lieutenant-general on 31 October 1944.[1]

Dashevsky was appointed chief of staff for the

Voroshilov Military Academy of the General Staff in 1947 and served as deputy chief of the General Staff Academy's Operations Department until his retirement from military service in May 1965.[1]

He died in Moscow on 8 February 1972 and was interred at Novodevichy Cemetery.[1]

Awards

He was awarded the Order of Lenin, four Orders of the Red Banner, Order of the Red Star, two Orders of Kutuzov (1st and 2nd class), and the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 3rd class.[1]

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