Ivan Smolin

Ivan Ivanovich Smolin
Born 5 July 1895
Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire
Died 20 September 1937 (1937-09-21) (aged 42)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Commands held 6th Rifle Division
Red Banner Caucasus Army
Battles/wars World War I
Russian Civil War

Ivan Ivanovich Smolin (Russian: Иван Иванович Смолин; 5 July 1895 – 20 September 1937) was a Soviet army commander. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I and in the Soviet Red Army in the Russian Civil War. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner (1922). During the Great Purge, he was arrested on 14 May 1937 and later executed. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated in 1955.

Bibliography

  • Реформа в Красной Армии Документы и материалы 1923—1928 годов, Книга 2, Министерство обороны Российской Федерации (Минобороны России), Институт военной истории Минобороны России, Москва, 2006 год;
  • Suvenirov, Oleg (1998). Трагедия РККА 1937—1938 [Tragedy of the Red Army 1937–1938] (in Russian). Moscow: TERRA. ISBN 5300022209.
  • Cherushev, Nikolai Semyonovich (2003). Удар по своим. Красная Армия: 1938—1941 [Under attack: The Red Army, 1938–1941] (in Russian). Moscow: Veche. ISBN 5-94538-366-X.
  • Cherushev, Nikolai Semyonovich; Cherushev, Yury Nikolaevich (2012). Расстрелянная элита РККА (командармы 1-го и 2-го рангов, комкоры, комдивы и им равные): 1937—1941. Биографический словарь [Executed Elite of the Red Army (Komandarms of the 1st and 2nd ranks, Komkors, Komdivs, and equivalents) 1937–1941 Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 9785995002178.
Military offices
Preceded by
 Commander of the 6th Rifle Division
1923-1924		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ivan Fedko		 Commander of the Red Banner Caucasus Army
1932		 Succeeded by
Mikhail Lewandowski
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