Vasily Tchernetzov

Vasily Mihailovich Tchernetzov (Васи́лий Миха́йлович Чернецо́в) (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 Tchernetzov's Partisans, an independent irregular Don Cossacks military company commissioned after the Act of Ataman by Alexey Kaledin on November 7, 1917.

Awards

 * Order of St. Anna of 4th degree
 * 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
 * Gold Sword for Bravery