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Andrei Sazontov
Andrei Sazontov (1894 – August 26, 1938) was a Soviet komkor (corps commander). He fought for the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner (twice) and the Order of the Red Star. During the Great Purge The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Nikolay Yezhov, Yezhov'), was General ..., he was arrested on May 26, 1938, and executed three months later at Kommunarka. References 1894 births 1938 deaths Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet komkors Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Great Purge victims from Russia People executed by the Soviet Union Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Frunze Military Academy alumni {{Russia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyatka Governorate
Vyatka Governorate (russian: Вятская губерния, udm, Ватка губерний, mhr, Виче губерний, tt-Cyrl, Вәтке губернасы) was a governorate of the Russian Empire and Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, with its capital in city Vyatka (now known as Kirov), from 1796 to 1929. In the governorate’s area were situated most parts of modern Kirov Oblast and Udmurt Republic. It was formed on territory of the historical lands of Vyatka Land, Vyatka ( la, Veticiae). Geography Vyatka Governorate was bordered with Vologda Governorate (to the north), Perm Governorate (to the east), Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan Governorate, Kazan governorates (to the south), and Kostroma Governorate (to the west). Its area was approximately . Administrative divisions The governorate was divided into 11 uyezds: # Vyatsky Uyezd # Glazovsky Uyezd # Yelabuzhsky Uyezd # Kotelnichsky Uyezd # Malmyzhsky Uyezd # N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Red Star
The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 1930 but its statute was only defined in decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 5 May 1930. That statute was amended by decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 7 May 1936, of 19 June 1943, of 26 February 1946, of 15 October 1947, of 16 December 1947 and by decree No 1803-X of 28 March 1980. Award statute The Order of the Red Star was awarded to soldiers of the Soviet Army, Soviet Navy, Navy, Soviet Border Troops, border and NKVD, internal security forces, employees of the KGB, State Security Committee of the USSR, as well as Non-commissioned officer, NCOs and officers of the bodies of MVD, internal affairs; to units, warships, associations, enterprises, institutions and organizations; as well as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Executed By The Soviet Union
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Great Purge Victims From Russia
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Soviet Komkors
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Russian Military Personnel Of World War I
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1938 Deaths
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1894 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs .... * February 12 ** French anarchist Émile Henry (anarchist), Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. ** The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trifon Shevaldin
Trifon Ivanovich Shevaldin (russian: Шевалдин, Трифон Иванович, Pristan, Krasnoufimsky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, 1 February 1888 – Samara, 2 July 1954) was a Soviet Lieutenant-General (1940). Biography Shevaldin participated in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. He joined the Bolshevik Party in 1917. From 1930 until 1934 he was commander of the 33rd Infantry Division. From October 1937 to September 1938 he led the 4th Rifle Corps. Between January 1939 and July 1940, he was Commander in Chief of the Volga Military District. At the start of the Second World War in June 1941, he became head of the Leningrad Military District until September when he became commander of the 8th Army. He fought against the German Army in Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation, in the area of the cities of Kingisepp, Luga, Pushkin and Kolpino. In heavy defensive battles, the enemy was stopped near the cities of Oranienbaum and Kolpino, creating the very importan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semyon Uritsky
Semyon Petrovich Uritsky (russian: Семён Петро́вич Ури́цкий; March 2, 1895 – August 1, 1938) was a Soviet General. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks. He was promoted to the rank of Komkor on November 11, 1935. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner. He was head of the Soviet military intelligence from April 1935 to July 1937. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on November 1, 1937 and later executed at Kommunarka. He was rehabilitated in 1956. Nephew of Moisei Uritsky Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky ( ua, Мойсей Соломонович Урицький; russian: Моисей Соломонович Урицкий; – 30 August 1918) was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia. After the October Revol .... Bibliography * * * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Uritsky, Sem 1895 births 1938 deaths People from Cherkasy People from Kiev Governorate Ukrainian pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Purge
The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Nikolay Yezhov, Yezhov'), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin's campaign to solidify his power over the party and the state; the Purge, purges were also designed to remove the remaining influence of Leon Trotsky as well as other prominent political rivals within the party. It occurred from August 1936 to March 1938. Following the Death and state funeral of Vladimir Lenin, death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924 a power vacuum opened in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Communist Party. Various established figures in Lenin's government attempted to succeed him. Joseph Stalin, the party's General Secretary, outmaneuvered political opponents and ultimately gained control of the Communist Party by 1928. Initially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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