Yan Gaylit
Yan Petrovich Gaylit | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 25, 1894 Wolmar, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | August 1, 1938 (aged 44) Moscow, 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 | 35th Rifle Division Siberian Military District |
| Battles/wars | World War I Russian Civil War |
Yan Petrovich Gaylit (Russian: Ян Петро́вич Га́йлит, Latvian: Jānis Gailītis; May 25, 1894 – August 1, 1938) was a Soviet Komkor of Latvian ethnicity. 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, as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", Gaylit was arrested by the NKVD on August 15, 1937 and executed the following year.
He was rehabilitated in 1956.
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Bibliography[]
- Коллектив авторов, главный редактор С. С. Хромов (1983). Гражданская война и военная интервенция в СССР. М.: Советская Энциклопедия. p. 139.
- 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. 66–67, ISBN 978-5-9950-0217-8
Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1938 deaths
- People from Valmiera
- People from the Governorate of Livonia
- 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 Latvia
- People executed by the Soviet Union by firearm
- Soviet rehabilitations