Yakov Schkinsky

Yakov Federovich Shkinsky
Yakov Federovich Shkinsky
Born	1858
Died	1938; Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Russian Empire; White movement
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Commands held	18th Infantry Division; 3rd Guards Infantry Division; 1st Siberian Army Corps; 21st Army Corps
Battles/wars	Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878); Russo-Japanese War; World War I; Russian Civil War

Yakov Federovich Shkinsky (1858 – 22 April 1938) was an Imperial Russian division and corps commander. He fought in the wars against the Ottoman Empire and the Empire of Japan. After the October Revolution, he fought against the Bolsheviks and after the end of the subsequent civil war, he emigrated to Yugoslavia.

Awards

Order of Saint Anna, 4th class, 1878
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class, 1878
Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1884
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1888
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1891
Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1895
Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1898
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1903
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1909
Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class (6 December 1914)
Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1915
Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky (10 April 1916)

Preceded by	Commander of the 18th Infantry Division 1907–1908	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commander of the 3rd Guards Infantry Division 1908–1910	Succeeded by
Preceded by Aleksandr Gerngross	Commander of the 1st Siberian Army Corps 1910–1911	Succeeded by Arkady Nikanorovich Nishenkov
Preceded by	Commander of the 21st Army Corps 1914–1915	Succeeded by

Sources

Волков С.В. Офицеры российской гвардии, М., 2002
Высочайшие приказы о чинах военных, 04.1914
Незабытые могилы, т. 6, кн. 3

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