Marcian Yakovlevich Germanovich (Russian: Маркиан Яковлевич Германович; October 29, 1895 – September 20, 1937) was a

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

division commander and

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(corps commander). He fought in the

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before going over to the

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in the subsequent

Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...

. He was a recipient of the

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 ...

. 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 August 7, 1937 and later executed. After the death of

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...

, he was rehabilitated in 1957.

Bibliography

* Краснознамённый Киевский. Очерки истории Краснознамённого Киевского военного округа (1919—1979). Издание второе, исправленное и дополненное. Киев, издательство политической литературы Украины, 1979. ed Banner Kiev. Essays on the History of the Red Banner Kyiv Military District (1919-1979). Second edition, revised and supplemented. Kyiv, Publishing House of Political Literature of Ukraine, 1979.* Военный энциклопедический словарь. М., Военное издательство, 1984. С.763-УкрВО;с.838-ЮЗВО. ilitary Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow, Military Publishing House, 1984. P.763-UkrVO; p.838-SWVO.* [Grigoryan, Ararat Mamikonovich, Milbakh, Vladimir Spartakovich, Chernavsky, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, ''Political repressions of the command staff, 1937-1938'' Leningrad Military District (St. Petersburg University Press, 2013) p.68] *

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