Vasily Boldyrev

Vasily G Boldyrev
Born April 5, 1875
Syzran, Russian Empire
Died August 20, 1933
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
Commands held 5th Army
Battles/wars Russo-Japanese War
World War I
Russian Civil War

Vasily G Boldyrev (Russian, Василий Георгиевич Болдырев, April 5, 1875 – August 20, 1933) was an Imperial Russian army commander.

He was born in Samara Governorate and fought in the war against the Empire of Japan.
He participated in World War I. After the February Revolution, on April 19, 1917 he was appointed commander of the 43rd Army Corps. A Lieutenant General since April 29, 1917, he replaced General Danilov on September 9, 1917 as commander of the 5th Army.

In the beginning of August 1918 Boldyrev arrived in Samara, and was elected as one of the 5 members of the Provisional All-Russian Government. After the arrival of Admiral Kolchak, he gave up his post and went to Japan on November 28. He returned to Vladivostok in the beginning of 1920, and became Commander of the land and naval forces of the Far East (08.04 - 12.12.1920). In this capacity, he signed the Russian-Japanese agreement for a "neutral zone".

He stayed in Vladivostok, and after the capture of the city by the Red Army on November 5, 1922 he was arrested. In prison, he declared his willingness to serve the Soviet government. In the summer of 1923 he was released. After that, he became a teacher and a research assistant at the West-Siberian Institute of Industrial Economic Research.

On December 29, 1932 (according to other data in August 1933), he was arrested on suspicion of having contacts with Japanese intelligence, or according to other data, of organizing a counterrevolutionary plot. He was shot on August 20, 1933.

Awards

References

  • В. Ж. Цветков «Генерал Дитерихс»
Preceded by
Yuri Danilov		 Commander of the 5th Army
September 9 – November 13, 1917		 Succeeded by
Panteleimon Sukhanov


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