Alexander Ivanovich Todorsky (8 September 1894 – 27 August 1965) was a

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general and

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(corps commander). He fought for the Imperial Russian Army in

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before going over to the

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in the subsequent

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Biography

With the outbreak of the First World War, he volunteered for the army. He rose to the rank of captain. After the February Revolution, he was elected chairman of the regimental committee, and from November 1917 as the commander of the 5th Siberian Army Corps. In October 1920, in he fought against the rebels in Dagestan and in 1923, Todorsky was sent to Turkestan to fight the Basmachi at the head of the

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. In 1927, he was a graduate of the

Frunze Military Academy The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (russian: Военная академия имени М. В. Фрунзе), or in full the Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy in the name of M. V. Frunze (rus ...

. Between 1934-1936, he was the head of the

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and between 1936-1938, of the Directorate of Higher Military Educational Institutions of the Red Army. In the summer of 1937, his wife was arrested n what charges? then his brother Ivan, and both were shot in the same year. At the beginning of September 1938, Todorsky was also arrested n what charges?and, as he did not admit his guilt and did not give the necessary evidence hat specifically? was locked up for 15 years in labor camps. Having fully served his prison term, he was sent into exile in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, where he arrived on June 3, 1953. On April 11, 1955, Todorsky was summoned to

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

, where he was handed a certificate of rehabilitation, after which he immediately flew to Moscow. After complete rehabilitation, he was reinstated in the Soviet army, and in 1955 he retired with the rank of lieutenant general at the age of 61. In the summer of 1956, he worked in the so-called

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and carried out the release and rehabilitation of Gulag prisoners, in particular from Kazakhstan. He was a recipient of the

Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of t ...

and the Order of the Red Star. He is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Todorsky, Alexander Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Soviet military personnel of World War II Soviet lieutenant generals Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Russian newspaper editors Frunze Military Academy alumni Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery 1894 births 1965 deaths