Johannes Raudmets

Johannes Raudmets
Born January 1, 1892
Kirna, Järva County, Estonia, Russian Empire
Died September 9, 1937
Soviet Union
Allegiance Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Rank Komdiv
Commands held 15th Rifle Division
Battles/wars World War I
Russian Civil War

Johannes Raudmets (also known as Ivan Ivanovich Raudmets) (January 1, 1892 – September 9, 1937) was an Estonian Soviet Komdiv (division commander). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on June 11, 1937 and later executed. Some sources give the date of his execution as August 25, 1937. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated in 1966.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Репрессии в Красной Армии" [Repressed Red Army commanders]. rkka.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2012.

Bibliography

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  • Великий Жовтень i громадянська вiйна на Україні. - К., Головна редакція УРЕ, 1987.
  • Энциклопедический словарь «Николаевцы, 1789-1999 г.г.», г.Николаев, «Возможности Киммерии», 1999.
  • 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.
Preceded by
Pyotr Solodukhin		 Commander of the 15th Rifle Division
August 1920 – October 1921		 Succeeded by
Marcian Germanovich
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