Jānis Judiņš
Jānis Judiņš (; , trans. ''Yan Yudin'', also known in Russian as Я́нис Ю́диньш, trans. ''Yanis Yudinsh''; January 17, 1884, in Liezēre parish – August 12, 1918) was a Red Latvian Rifleman commander, a Red Army hero of the Russian Civil War. He was born on January 17, 1884, in Liezēre Parish in Latvia (now part of the Madona Municipality) to a landless family. He graduated from the Valka teaching seminary, became a teacher and made connections with the Social Democratic Party, then participating in the 1905 Russian Revolution. At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, he was drafted into the army of the Russian Empire where he originally served in a Rifle Regiment of the Royal Serbian Army. He was awarded the Cross of St. George for his heroic displays in battle, and trained at Vilnius Military School, which he graduated from in 1916 and became a Second Lieutenant soon after. He joined the Russian Communists (Bolsheviks) Party in 1917 and continued to support ...
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