Iakov Iuzefovich Lieutenant General, emigrant. Date of Birth: 12.03.1872

Content:

1. Early Life and Education
2. Participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05
3. Promoted to Chief of Staff of the 2nd Cavalry Corps in February 1916
4. Appointed Commander of the Caucasian Army in May 1919

Early Life and Education

Education:
Graduated from the Mikhailovsky Artillery School in 1893
Completed the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in 1899
Military Career
Pre-World War I:
Appointed to the 7th Horse-Artillery Battery

Served as Senior Adjutant at the headquarters of the Warsaw Military District from 1901 to 1904

Participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05

World War I:

Appointed Acting General for Correspondence and Assignments in July 1914

Became Chief of Staff of the "Wild" Horse-Cavalry Division in August 1914

Promoted to Chief of Staff of the 2nd Cavalry Corps in February 1916

Ascended to Quartermaster General in April 1917
Appointed Commander of the 12th Cavalry Division in June 1917
Commanded the XXVI Army Corps from September 1917
Russian Civil War:
Joined the Volunteer Army in the summer of 1918

Served as Chief of Staff of the Caucasian Volunteer Army in January 1919

Appointed Commander of the Caucasian Army in May 1919

Commanded the V Cavalry Corps from June to November 1919
Served as Inspector General of Cavalry in May 1920
Emigration and Later Life
Emigrated to Germany in 1920
Resided in Poland and Estonia during the 1920s
Passed away after the Second World War

Commander

Nikolay Shilling	Stefan Charnetskiy	Ratko Mladic
Haji Chalabi	Wladyslaw Sikorski	Yakov Volynsky