USSR, WWII group to Yakovlev Ivan Ivanovich, Guards Major, born Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast, he served with the Poles in WWII in the Liberation of Warsaw, only his campaign medals and award documents survive, with some photocopies of history

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USSR, WWII group to Yakovlev Ivan Ivanovich, Guards Major, born Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast, he served with the Poles in WWII in the Liberation of Warsaw and was awarded Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class, Order of the Red Banner, Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw", Medal "For the Capture of Berlin", only his campaign medals and award documents survive, with some photocopies of history

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All awarded decorations: 

Order of the Red Star - 14th February 1943

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class - 18th September 1943

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class - 31st March 1945

Order of the Red Banner - 13th May 1945

Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" - 9th June 1945

Medal "For the Capture of Berlin" - 9th June 1945

Date of Birth: May 1913

Place of Birth: Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast

Rank, Position, Unit: Guards Major

[Deputy Commander for Political Affairs] of the 647th Independent Communications Battalion of the Red Banner Motorized Mechanized Corps

[Deputy Commander for Logistics] of the 1st Guards Red Banner Brest Order of Alexander Nevsky Mechanized Corps

Units Served:

1st Minesweeping Brigade

647th Independent Signal Battalion

1st Mechanized Corps

1st Mechanized Corps (Second Formation)

41st Army

Steppe Front

2nd Guards Tank Army

Nationality: Russian

Member of the Communist Party: since 1937, party card No. 32744856

Participation in the Civil War and subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR and in the Patriotic War (where, when):since 1941

Wounds or contusions in the Patriotic War: None

In the Red Army since: June 1941

Drafted by which RVK (District Military Commissariat): Zherdevsky RVK, Tambov Oblast