Kuzma Nikolaevich Derevyanko

Kuzma Nikolaevich Derevyanko ( _ru. Кузьма Николаевич Деревянко; 1904—1954) was a Lieutenant General in the Soviet Army.

Derevyanko was the representative of the Soviet Union at the ceremonial signing of the written agreement that established the armistice ending the Pacific War and with it World War II. [Australian War Memorial: [http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/040968 AWM Photo ID 040968.] ] The Soviet delegation joined other Allied representatives on the on the battleship "USS Missouri" which was anchored in Tokyo Bay. [Mooney, James L. (1976). [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m12/missouri-iv.htm "USS "Missouri"] in "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships." Vol. IV, pp. 393-395 Washington, D.C.: United States Navy.] Together, the waiting Allies silently acknowledged the representatives of the Japanese Emperor and the representative of the Imperial Japanese Army, who were the last to arrive. The proceedings began when General MacArthur stepped before a single microphone. The 23-minute surrender ceremony was broadcast worldwide. [Battleship Missouri Memorial: [http://www.ussmissouri.org/documents/EduRe-link-1-HISTORY-1941-1950a.pdf "Educator Resources," p. 5.] ] On his country's behalf, he signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender at precisely 9:16 a.m. in Tokyo Bay on September 2 1945. [Broom, Jack. [http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980521&slug=2751979 "Memories on Board Battleship,"] "Seattle Times." May 21, 1998.]

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* Mooney, James L. (1976). [http://books.google.com/books?id=mEoSAAAAYAAJ&q=Dictionary+of+American+Naval+Fighting+Ships&dq=Dictionary+of+American+Naval+Fighting+Ships&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships."] Washington, D.C.: United States Navy.