Roberts Eidemanis (russian: Ро́берт Петро́вич Эйдема́н, ''Robert Petrovich Eideman''; 1895 – June 12, 1937) was a
Latvian Soviet
Komkor
(russian: комкор) is the abbreviation for Corps commander (russian: командир корпуса, komandir korpusa; ), and was a military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces of the USSR in the period from 1935 to 1940. It was also the d ...
, writer and poet.
He was born in
Lejasciems
Lejasciems (german: Aahof) is a village in Gulbene Municipality, Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links= ...
,
Gulbene Municipality
Gulbene Municipality ( lv, Gulbenes novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Beļava parish, Dauksti parish, Druviena parish, Galgauska parish, Jaungulbene parish, Lejasciems parish, Litene p ...
of
Latvia
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as a son of a
Latvian father and an
Estonian mother. Eideman fought in
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
in the
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, Romanization of Russian, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the earl ...
and the
Russian Civil War
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on the side of the
Soviet Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...
. He was a member of the
Constituent Assembly of 1918. Eideman was one of the defendants in the
Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization
Case or CASE may refer to:
Containers
* Case (goods), a package of related merchandise
* Cartridge case or casing, a firearm cartridge component
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alongside Marshal
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский, Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevskiy, p=tʊxɐˈtɕefskʲɪj; – 12 June 1937) nicknamed the Red Napoleon by foreign newspapers, was a Sovie ...
. He was executed in
Moscow
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. After the death of
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...
, Eideman was
rehabilitated.
Awards
*
Order of the Red Banner
The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of th ...
(1920, 1922)
*
Order of the Red Star
The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 193 ...
Prose
*Kalnaj-dsimt (Kalnāj family) 1913
*Unstoppable March 1925
*Surrounded by 1925
*Rock riot in 1929 (atk 1969)
*Mead stories 1926
*Obligation of 1926
*Go forth in 1930s attacks
*Reunion in 1935
*Before the storm in 1935
Military technical monographs
*Fighting against the kulak rebellion and their banditry. Kharkov, 1921 (Cīņa ar kulaku sacelšanos un bandītismu)
*Pockets of atamanshhiny and banditry. Kharkov. 1921 (Atamanisma un bandītisma avoti)
*Army in 1917 year. M.-L., Gos. Ed. 1927. 107 pages (Armija 1917 gadā) co-author Melikov
*The civil war in Ukraine. Kharkov. 1928 (Pilsoņu karš Ukrainā) co-author Kakurin
External links
Piemineklis R. Eidemanim atklāts 1967. gada 29. oktobrī, kura autors M. Lange.Roberts Eidemanis - Stāsts par skroderi Faitelsonu Roberts Eidemanis - Ielenktie
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1895 births
1937 deaths
People from Gulbene Municipality
People from Kreis Walk
Left socialist-revolutionaries
Bolsheviks
Russian Constituent Assembly members
Soviet komkors
Latvian writers
Latvian male poets
Latvian-language writers
20th-century Latvian poets
Commandants of the Frunze Military Academy
Russian military personnel of World War I
Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
Case of the Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization
Great Purge victims from Latvia
People executed by the Soviet Union by firearm
Soviet rehabilitations