Yakov Schkinsky

Yakov Federovich Shkinsky (4 June 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)

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