Boris Sergeevich Gorbachyov (19 August 1892 – 3 July 1937) was a Soviet komkor. He was born in present-day

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. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the

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. During the

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, he was arrested on 3 May 1937 and executed two months later. After the death of

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, he was rehabilitated in 1956.

Bibliography

* ''Леонов Г.'' Комбриг Горбачёв.— «Сов, Отчизна» (Минск), 1959, № 5. * Вавилон — «Гражданская война в Северной Америке» / Н._В._Огаркова.html" ;"title="Огарков, Николай Васильевич">Н. В. Огаркова">Огарков, Николай Васильевич">Н. В. Огаркова — Москва: Военное изд-во М-ва обороны СССР, 1979. — 654 с. — ( Советская военная энциклопедия : � 8 т.nbsp;; 1976—1980, т. 2). *

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Начальники Московского общевойскового командного орденов Ленина и Октябрьской Революции Краснознамённого училища имени Верховного Совета РСФСР

Горбачёв — «заговорщик»
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