Konstantin Alekseyevich Avksentevsky (October 12, 1890 – November 2, 1941) was a

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army commander. He fought in the

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during

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and for the

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in the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the

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. He commanded forces in both

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and the

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. In July 1938 - February 1939 he was imprisoned in Ukhtpechlag. In June 1939, the criminal case was dismissed. He then worked as an inspector of the cultural and educational part of the farm "Novy Bor" at the mouth of the

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.
According to official data, he died on November 2, 1941 in the village Medvezhka in the Ust-Tsilemsky District. According to other sources, in November 1941 he was already in Moscow and he was killed when criminals attempted to rob his apartment. He was buried in

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, on the Vvedensky cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Avksentyev, Konstantin 1890 births 1941 deaths People from Babushkinsky District, Vologda Oblast People from Totemsky Uyezd Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner