Mikhail Levandovsky
Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky | |
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Born | 15 May 1890 Tiflis, Russian Empire |
Died | 29 July 1938 (1938-07-30) (aged 48) Moscow, Soviet Union |
Buried | Kommunarka shooting ground |
Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army |
Commands | 9th Army (RSFSR) 11th Army (RSFSR) 10th Terek-Dagestan Army Red Banner Caucasus Army Siberian Military District Transcaucasian Military District Maritime Group of Forces |
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Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky (Russian: Михаил Карлович Левандовский; 15 May 1890 – 29 July 1938) was a Soviet Komandarm 2nd rank. He fought in World War I in the Imperial Russian Army and in the Russian Civil War in the Soviet Red Army. He participated in the Soviet invasions of Georgia and Azerbaijan. He commanded forces in both the Caucasus and Siberia.
During the Great Purge, he was arrested on 23 February 1938 and later executed.
Decorations
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (1916)
- Order of the Red Banner (1920)
- Order of Lenin (1935)
References
Bibliography
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia, XIV, Moscow 1973.
- W. M. Ivanov, Marshal Tukhachevsky, Wojeizdat, Moscow 1990.
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by | Commander of the Red Banner Caucasus Army November 1925 – October 1928 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Commander of the Siberian Military District 1930–1933 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Commander of the Red Banner Caucasus Army November 1933 – May 1935 | Succeeded by himself as Commander of the Transcaucasian Military District |
Preceded by himself as Commander of the Red Banner Caucasus Army | Commander of the Transcaucasian Military District May 1935 – June 1937 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Commander of the Maritime Group of Forces June 1937 – February 1938 | Succeeded by |