Ivan Panfilovich Belov (Russian:Иван Панфилович Белов; 27 June 1893 – 29 June 1938) was a Soviet military commander and

Komandarm 1st rank 1st rank (russian: Командарм 1-го ранга) is the abbreviation to Commanding officer of the Army 1st class (russian: Командующий армией 1-го ранга, Komanduyushchiy armiyey 1-go ranga; ), and was a military ...

. He was born in what is now

Vologda Oblast Vologda Oblast ( rus, Вологодская область, p=vəlɐˈɡotskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Vologodskaya oblast, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The Oblast has a population of 1,202,444 ...

. He fought in the

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...

during

World War I 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 ...

and later in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. He received 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 th ...

twice (1920 and 1921). 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 one of the judges during the trial of

Marshal of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union (russian: Маршал Советского Союза, Marshal sovetskogo soyuza, ) was the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was created in 1935 and abolished in 19 ...

Mikhail Tukhachevsky Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский, Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevskiy, p=tʊxɐˈtɕefskʲɪj; – 12 June 1937) nicknamed the Red Napoleon by foreign newspapers, was a Sovie ...

during the

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in June 1937. Belov was himself arrested on 7 January 1938 and later executed. After the death of

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...

, he was rehabilitated (exonerated) posthumously in 1955.

Bibliography

* Robert Conquest: ''The Great Terror. Soviet Union 1934–1938''. 2. Aufl. Langen Müller, Munich 1993, . * Géorgi N. Golikov, M. I. Kusnezow: ''Lexikon der großen sozialistischen Oktoberrevolution'' ("Malenkaja Encyclopedia Velikaja Oktjabrskaja Socialisticeskaja Revoljucia"). Bibliographisches Institute, Leipzig 1976. * Donald Rayfield: ''Stalin and his hangmen''. Blessing-Verlag, Munich 2004, . * Heinrich E. Schulz u.a. (Hrsg.): ''Who was Who in the USSR''. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J. 1972, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Belov, Ivan 1893 births 1938 deaths People from Vologda Oblast People from Cherepovetsky Uyezd Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union members First convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Soviet komandarms of the first rank Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Great Purge victims from Russia People executed by the Soviet Union Soviet rehabilitations