Marshal Fedorenko is one of the prominent commanders of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War.
He made a significant contribution to the victory over Nazi Germany. He took part in the decisive battles. Repeatedly showed personal courage and the ability to quickly make decisions. He is a veteran of three wars.
Marshal Fedorenko: biography
He was born on October 22, 1896 in the Kharkov province. His father worked as a port loader. Since childhood, Jacob had to work hard. At the age of 9, he becomes a shepherd, and then a coachman. Despite the small age, it works along with adults. Youth passes in the steppes of Donbass. There he works at a mine and a salt factory in the city of Slavyansk. At the age of nineteen, he was drafted into the imperial troops. Since by this moment he had the opportunity to work as a helmsman on a barge, he was taken to the fleet. In the service of the emperor, he graduated from the helmsman school. During the First World War he serves as a minesweeper.
The huge social abyss and injustice of the existing system provoke indignation from Jacob. He actively supports the February Revolution. Being a good organizer, he is selected by the ship committee. That same February, he enters the Communist Workers Party. Actively supports the protest movement. When the Great October Revolution begins, Yakov Nikolayevich Fedorenko is again at the forefront. Commanding a detachment of sailors, he contributes to the establishment of Soviet power in Odessa. After the overthrow of the old system, he enters the ranks of the Red Guard. Civil war begins.
Civil War
For two years of the second war for Jacob, he manages to visit almost all fronts. First he commands an armored train and beats Czechoslovakians and Kolchak in the east. Then he fights with Yudenich in the North and the Poles in the west. The fourth side of the world brought bloody battles with the armies of Wrangel, who was trying to gain a foothold in the Crimea. Commissar Fedorenko has always been at the forefront. Several times received shell shock and various injuries.
The Great Patriotic War
After the Civil War, he commanded a division. Engaged in training. He graduated from several schools and courses for the commanding staff. Promoting fast. By 1941, he was already the head of the Armored Directorate. When the war began, the future Marshal Fedorenko becomes deputy people's commissar of defense. A year later, he was entrusted with armored and mechanized units of the Red Army. He is an inspector from the Bet.
He regularly visited the front line. He led the fighters during the defense of Moscow. Represents SVKK during the battle of Stalingrad.
On the cold battlefields, his outstanding commander abilities are manifested. Yakov Nikolaevich takes part in the development of operations to encircle the sixth army of Paulus. After the Stalingrad victory - Kursk. The largest tank battle in history was not without him. Marshal Fedorenko was actively involved in the modernization of mechanized units. He found new technical solutions and improved methods of tactical use of Soviet technology.
Contribution to military art
When improving tanks, he proceeded from combat experience, which brought great benefits in optimizing production.
In addition to fulfilling the tasks of the Headquarters, the commander regularly visited the advanced units, which raised the morale of ordinary soldiers. After the war ended, Marshal Fedorenko commanded the ground and armored forces. In the forty-sixth year, he was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the second convocation.
He died on March 26, 1947 in Moscow. Streets in Moscow, Kharkov, Donbass are named after him.