Yaroslav Andreevich

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## Profile

Yaroslav is a Major General from the Russian Tank Troops of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation, a Sensha-dō instructor, and a member of the Sensha-dō Federation. He is the head instructor at Pravda Girls High School. Yaroslav has three children, he had his first child, Galina in 1992, followed by Misha in 1997, and the youngest, Albina in 2004. Galina and Misha are both officers in the Air force serving in the same branches

## Appearance

Yaroslav is a tall old man of fifty-four years, he has short grey hair that hangs just above his ears, small deep-set green emerald eyes.

## Personality

An older Russian military man with many accolades on his chest, a career spent mostly in tanks, and a no nonsense way of doing things. He has an aura of authority that is a product of his experience as a military commander and his extensive service through the history of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, he has a strict side, but can be quite relaxed.

## Background

### Childhood

Yaroslav was born on the 26th of June 1962 in Leningrad, His father Rodion Andreevich was a Lieutenant General in the Armored Forces of the Soviet Army and a veteran of the great patriotic war, and his mother unfortunately died in a plane crash when he was two. Since he was a child, Yaroslav often accompanied his father across the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and on one ocassion to Japan to deliver the first shipment of IS-2M's to the Pravda tankery team, His father was among one of the three important figures responsible for introducing tankery for both genders in the Soviet Union.

### Education

Yaroslav attended School No° 241 in Leningrad for his primary and secondary education, he was an excellent student. He excelled at academics, and was remarked as a capable tank commander in the tankery club by his instructors.

### Military Service

After graduation, he went on to complete his military service in East Germany from 1980 to 1982, he re-enlisted and graduated from the Tashkent Higher Tank Command School in 1985 where he received his officer commission as a Junior Lieutenant serving in Afghanistan with the 285th Tank Uman-Warsaw Regiment until the withdrawal of Soviet Forces in 1989. He enrolled in the Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy in 1990 and graduated in 1992 as a Major. He took part in the 1993 Constitutional Crisis, commanding a T-8OUD when he was posted in the 2nd Guards "Taman" Motor Rifle Division.

Yaroslav served in the First Chechen war as battalion commander in the 13th Guards Tank Regiment of the 4th Guards Tank Division "Kantemir", In the first Chechen war, taking part in peacekeeping operations in the Kosovo war, he fought in Chechnya again in the second chechen war. In 2008 during the Russo-Georgian war, he destroyed an entire tank column of Georgian tanks in a ambush at a junction near Tskhinvali along with a few other tanks under his command, with only one tank lost and seventeen vehicles destroyed. His sucess was used by the Russian media as a propaganda tool which propelled the Major into the rank of Colonel and was awarded the Order of St George 4th class and Order of Courage for his exploits.

After Georgia, he was assigned as a tank instructor in the Kazan Higher Military Tank School and later a tankery instructor in Japan, he took part in the intervention at Pravda which led to his eventual promotion to Major General taking command of the 35th CAA in the Eastern Military District.

## Trivia

* Regarded as a legend within the tank forces due to his experience.
* Trained most of the young tank officers in the Russian Army.
* His last name is a reference to Major General Andreyev, commander of the Iceland garrison in Red Storm Rising.
* He can play the guitar