Ilya Garkavy
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Ilya Ivanovich Garkavy | |
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Born | July 19, 1888 Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | July 1, 1937 Soviet Union |
Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army |
Years of service | 1914–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1937 (Soviet Union) |
Rank | Komkor |
Ilya Ivanovich Garkavy (Russian: Илья Иванович Гарькавый; Ukrainian: Ілля Іванович Гаркавий; 1888–1937) was a Soviet komkor (corps commander) and organizer of Red Guards detachments in Tiraspol.
He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during 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 March 11, 1937 alongside fellow komkor Matvei Vasilenko. Both were later executed.
Bibliography
[edit]- Черушев Н. С. (2003). 1937 год: элита Красной Армии на Голгофе. Военные тайны XX века. М.: Вече. p. 560. ISBN 5-94538-305-8.
- Черушев Н. С.; Черушев Ю. Н. (2012), Расстрелянная элита РККА (командармы 1-го и 2-го рангов, комкоры, комдивы и им равные): 1937—1941. Биографический словарь [Shot elite of the Red Army (commanders of the 1st and 2nd ranks, comkors, divisional commanders and their equal): 1937-1941. Biographical Dictionary], Moscow: Kuchkovo field; Metropolis [Кучково поле; Мегаполис], pp. 67–68, ISBN 978-5-9950-0217-8
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- 1888 births
- 1937 deaths
- People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate
- People from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Members of the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee
- Ukrainian people of World War I
- Russian military personnel of World War I
- Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War
- Soviet komkors
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Great Purge victims from Ukraine
- People executed by the Soviet Union