Johannes Raudmets

Estonian military personnel

Johannes Raudmets
Born	January 1, 1892 Virika, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
Died	September 9, 1937 Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army
Rank	Komdiv
Commands	15th Rifle Division
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War

Johannes Raudmets (Russian: Иван Иванович Раудмец, romanized: Ivan Ivanovich Raudmets; January 1, 1892 – September 9, 1937) was an Estonian Soviet Komdiv (division commander). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on June 11, 1937 and later executed. Some sources give the date of his execution as August 25, 1937. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated in 1966.^[1]

References

^ "Репрессии в Красной Армии" [Repressed Red Army commanders]. rkka.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2012.

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Cherushev, Nikolai Semyonovich; Cherushev, Yury Nikolaevich (2012). Расстрелянная элита РККА (командармы 1-го и 2-го рангов, комкоры, комдивы и им равные): 1937—1941. Биографический словарь [Executed Elite of the Red Army (Komandarms of the 1st and 2nd ranks, Komkors, Komdivs, and equivalents) 1937–1941 Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 9785995002178.