Arkady Borisovich Borisov (Russian, Аркадий Борисович Борисов, 13 May 1901 – 27 May 1942) was a Soviet corps commander. He was born in what is now

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. He fought for the

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against the White movement during the civil war. 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 ...

. During the

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, he was arrested on 10 February 1938 and imprisoned in

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. While he was imprisoned, his predecessor Ivan Kosogov and successor

Yakov Sheko Yakov Vasilyevich Sheko (; 1 April 1893 – 5 June 1938) was a Red Army ''Komdiv''. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, rising from private to officer, and joined the Red Army in 1918, fighting in the Russian Civil War and ...

were executed. He was later released and died on 27 May 1942.

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* Soviet major generals Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Soviet military personnel of World War II Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Frunze Military Academy alumni People from Bukhara 1901 births 1942 deaths {{Russia-mil-bio-stub