Leonty Yakovlevich Ugyumov (1887 – August 14, 1937) was a Soviet komkor (corps commander). He was born in what is now

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. He fought for the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. He led several Red Army units, including the

57th Rifle Division The 57th Rifle Division () was an infantry division of the Red Army and the Soviet Army. The division was originally formed in late 1920 as the 24th Rifle Division of the Internal Service Troops (VNUS) in the closing stages of the Russian Civil ...

and temporarily the 4th Army. During the

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, he was arrested on May 21, 1937 and later executed. After the death of

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, he was rehabilitated on May 23, 1956.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ugryumov, Leo 1887 births 1937 deaths Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War

Ugryumov Ugryumov or Ugryumova (feminine) is Russian surnames. It is the last name of the following people: *German Ugryumov, Soviet and Russian navy and security services official *Grigory Ugryumov Grigory Ivanovich Ugryumov (Russian: Григорий И ...

Great Purge victims from Russia People executed by the Soviet Union Soviet rehabilitations