Gaspar Karapetovich Voskanyan (; January 22, 1887 – September 20, 1937) was a Soviet komkor (corps commander). An ethnic Armenian, he was born in

Grigoriopol Grigoriopol (, , , ) is a town in the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester, Moldova. It is the seat of the Grigoriopol District of Transnistria. The city is located on the left (eastern) bank of the river Dniester, ...

, in the Russian Empire (now in

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Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. During the

Great Purge The Great Purge, or the Great Terror (), also known as the Year of '37 () and the Yezhovshchina ( , ), was a political purge in the Soviet Union that took place from 1936 to 1938. After the Assassination of Sergei Kirov, assassination of ...

, he was arrested on May 28, 1937, and later executed.

Awards

Russian Empire: *

Order of St. George The Order of Saint George () is the highest military decoration of the Russian Federation. It was originally established on 26 November 1769 Julian (7 December 1769 Gregorian) as the highest military decoration of the Russian Empire for commiss ...

, 4th degree Soviet Union:

Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner () was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. It was the highest award of S ...

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1887 births 1937 deaths People from Grigoriopol People from Kherson Governorate Russian military personnel of World War I People of the Russian Civil War Soviet komkors Great Purge victims from Moldova People executed by the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Moldovan people of Armenian descent Armenian people from the Russian Empire {{Russia-bio-stub