Pyotr Bryanskikh
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Pyotr Bryanskikh | |
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Born | 1896 Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | August 29, 1938 (aged 41–42) Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union |
Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army |
Years of service | 1915–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1937 (Soviet Union) |
Rank | Komkor |
Commands held | Volga Military District |
Battles/wars | World War I Russian Civil War |
Pyotr Alexeyevich Bryanskikh (Russian: Пётр Алексеевич Брянских; 1896 – August 29, 1938) was a Soviet komkor (corps commander). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner. On November 20, 1935 he was made a Komdiv (division commander) before being promoted to Komkor in 1937. He served as deputy commander of the Belorussian Military District before being transferred to command the Volga Military District. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on July 18, 1938 and later executed. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated on April 9, 1955.
References[]
- 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.
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- 1896 births
- 1938 deaths
- Soviet komkors
- Russian military personnel of World War I
- Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War
- Great Purge victims from Russia
- People executed by the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Soviet rehabilitations
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