Aleksei Yevgenievich Gutor (30 August 1868 – 13 August 1938) was a Russian lieutenant-general and Front commander during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. Born in

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in a noble family, Gutor joined the Imperial Army. During the First World War Gutor commanded the 6th Corps from March 1916, which he commanded during the Brusilov Offensive. Gutor then commanded the 11th Army from 15 April 1917 to 21 May 1917, when he was elevated to Front command. From 22 May 1917 to 10 July 1917 Gutor commanded the Southwestern Front during the early stages of the Kerensky Offensive. After the Russian Revolution and the Bolshevik takeover, Gutor placed himself at the disposal of the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ( Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, afte ...

. He was appointed Chairman of the Statute Commission, conducted military science courses, and advised the commander-in-chief of all the armed forces of the republic. In the summer of 1920, he was transferred to Siberia as an adviser to the command, but soon afterwards he was arrested in Omsk under accusations of counterrevolutionary activity and transferred to the Moscow

Butyrka prison Butyrskaya prison ( rus, Бутырская тюрьма, r= Butýrskaya tyurmá), usually known simply as Butyrka ( rus, Бутырка, p=bʊˈtɨrkə), is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. In Imperial Russia it ...

. His case was declared closed by the Presidium of the GPU in November 1922 because of lack of evidence and Gutor was released from custody. He subsequently became Professor of Strategy and Tactics at the Military Academy of the Red Army. In January 1931 he was released from office and was executed seven years later 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 Yezhov'), was Soviet General Secret ...

at the age of 69 in Moscow.

References

* August Thiry & Dirk Van Cleemput (2015), ''King Albert's Heroes - Hoe 400 jonge Belgen vochten in Rusland en de VS veroverden'', Antwerpen, Houtekiet, 428 p & 100 p photo's * TO. A. Zaleski: Who was who in the First World War. AST, 2003, S. 184–185. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutor, Aleksei 1868 births 1938 deaths Imperial Russian Army generals Russian military personnel of World War I Russian Provisional Government generals Soviet generals Russian nobility