Richard Tomberg (6 September 1897
Mõisamaa, Salla Parish – 25 May 1982
Tallinn) was an
Estonian military
Major General. He was the only Estonian higher military personnel, who survived Soviet times in 1940s.
In 1915 he entered voluntarily into Czarist Army. In 1916 he graduated from
Vilnius Military School. He participated on World War I in the
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...
. In 1917 he joined with Estonian national regiments. He participated in the
Estonian War of Independence. 1928-1930 he was the chief of staff of
Estonian Air Force. 1930-1940 he was the chief of Estonian Air Force.
In 1940 he transferred to
Soviet Army. In 1944, he was arrested by the
NKVD, but in 1956 he was released and
rehabilitated and retired.
Awards
* 1938:
Order of the Cross of the Eagle, II Class.
References
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1897 births
1982 deaths
20th-century Estonian military personnel
Estonian military personnel of World War I
Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence
Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class II
Gulag detainees
Prisoners and detainees of the Soviet Union
People from Väike-Maarja Parish