Roberts Eidemanis (russian: Ро́берт Петро́вич Эйдема́н, ''Robert Petrovich Eideman''; 1895 – June 12, 1937) was a Latvian Soviet

Komkor (russian: комкор) is the abbreviation for Corps commander (russian: командир корпуса, komandir korpusa; ), and was a military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces of the USSR in the period from 1935 to 1940. It was also the d ...

, writer and poet. He was born in Lejasciems,

Gulbene Municipality Gulbene Municipality ( lv, Gulbenes novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by Merger (politics), merging Beļava parish, Dauksti parish, Druviena parish, Galgauska parish, Jaungulbene parish, Lejasciems p ...

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as a son of a Latvian father and an Estonian mother. Eideman fought in

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 ...

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 ...

and the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

on the side of the

Soviet Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, afte ...

. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of 1918. Eideman was one of the defendants in the

Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization Case or CASE may refer to: Containers * Case (goods), a package of related merchandise * Cartridge case or casing, a firearm cartridge component * Bookcase, a piece of furniture used to store books * Briefcase or attaché case, a narrow box to ca ...

alongside Marshal

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 ...

. He was executed in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. 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 ...

, Eideman was rehabilitated. Robert Eideman NKVD

Awards

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 ...

(1920, 1922) *

Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 193 ...

Prose

*Kalnaj-dsimt (Kalnāj family) 1913 *Unstoppable March 1925 *Surrounded by 1925 *Rock riot in 1929 (atk 1969) *Mead stories 1926 *Obligation of 1926 *Go forth in 1930s attacks *Reunion in 1935 *Before the storm in 1935

Military technical monographs

*Fighting against the kulak rebellion and their banditry. Kharkov, 1921 (Cīņa ar kulaku sacelšanos un bandītismu) *Pockets of atamanshhiny and banditry. Kharkov. 1921 (Atamanisma un bandītisma avoti) *Army in 1917 year. M.-L., Gos. Ed. 1927. 107 pages (Armija 1917 gadā) co-author Melikov *The civil war in Ukraine. Kharkov. 1928 (Pilsoņu karš Ukrainā) co-author Kakurin

External links

Piemineklis R. Eidemanim atklāts 1967. gada 29. oktobrī, kura autors M. Lange.

Roberts Eidemanis - Stāsts par skroderi Faitelsonu

Roberts Eidemanis - Ielenktie
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