Nikolai Krivoruchko

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Nikolai Nikolayevich Krivoruchko
BornDecember 6, 1887
Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedAugust 19, 1938
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Years of service1918–1938 (Soviet Union)
RankKomkor
Commands held2nd Cavalry Corps
Battles/warsWorld War I
Russian Civil War

Nikolai Nikolayevich Krivoruchko (Russian, Николай Николаевич Криворучко; December 6, 1887 – August 19, 1938) was a Soviet Komkor (corps commander). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on February 21, 1938 and later executed.

Awards[]

  • Order of Lenin (1935)
  • Two Orders of the Red Banner (11.11.1921, 31.10.1930) [1]

Memorial[]

  • In Uman (Cherkasy region, Ukraine) there is street called Krivoruchko.
Preceded by Commander of the 2nd Cavalry Corps
August 6, 1925 – July 1937
Succeeded by
Mikhail Hatskilevich

References[]

  1. ^ Герои Гражданской войны. Криворучко Николай Николаевич. // . — 1971. — № 4. — С.57-58.
  • Кольцов С. В. «М. М. Криворучко» — Д��іпропетровськ: Промінь, 1969.
  • Социокультурный состав советской военной элиты 1931—1938 гг. и её оценки в прессе русского зарубежья
  • Расстрелянная элита РККА|84—85
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