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Vasily Chernetsov

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Vasily Mikhailovich Chernetsov
Born(1890-03-22)March 22, 1890
DiedJanuary 23, 1918(1918-01-23) (aged 27)
Allegiance Russian Empire
 Don Republic
Russian Empire White movement
Years of service1909–1918
RankColonel
CommandsChernetsov's Partisans
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder of St. Anna of 4th degree for bravery
Order of St. Anna of 3rd degree
Order of Saint Stanislaus of 3rd degree
Order of Saint Stanislaus of 2nd degree
Order of St. Vladimir of 4th degree
* Golden St. George weapons "For bravery"

Vasily Mikhailovich Chernetsov (Russian: Василий Михайлович Чернецов; March 3, 1890 – January 23, 1918) was a Don Cossack Russian Imperial Army officer who served as a colonel in the Don Army during the Russian Civil War. He led Chernetsov's Partisans, an independent irregular military unit commissioned by ataman Alexey Kaledin on November 7, 1917.

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The deaths of Colonel Chernetsov and his partisans at the hands of the Bolsheviks are part of the plot of the Mikhail Sholokhov novel And Quiet Flows the Don.

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