Mikhail Levandovsky

Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky (May 15, 1890 – July 29, 1938, Russian: Левандовский, Михаил Карлович) was a Soviet Komandarm 2nd rank. He fought in World War I in the Imperial Russian Army and in the Russian Civil War in the Soviet Red Army. He participated in the Soviet invasions of Georgia and Azerbaijan. He commanded forces in both the Caucasus and Siberia.

Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky
BornMay 15, 1890
Tiflis, Russian Empire
DiedJuly 29, 1938
Moscow, Soviet Union
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Commands held9th Army (RSFSR)
11th Army (RSFSR)
10th Terek-Dagestan Army
Red Banner Caucasus Army
Siberian Military District
Transcaucasian Military District
Maritime Group of Forces
Battles/wars

During the Great Purge, he was arrested on February 23, 1938 and later executed.

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    Military offices
    Preceded by
    August Kork
    Commander of the Red Banner Caucasus Army
    November 1925 – October 1928
    Succeeded by
    Konstantin Avksentevsky
    Preceded by
    Nikolay Kuibyshev
    Commander of the Siberian Military District
    1930–1933
    Succeeded by
    Yan Gaylit
    Preceded by
    Ivan Smolin
    Commander of the Red Banner Caucasus Army
    November 1933 – May 1935
    Succeeded by
    himself as Commander of the Transcaucasian Military District
    Preceded by
    himself as Commander of the Red Banner Caucasus Army
    Commander of the Transcaucasian Military District
    May 1935 – June 1937
    Succeeded by
    Nikolay Kuibyshev
    Preceded by
    Ivan Fedko
    Commander of the Maritime Group of Forces
    June 1937 – February 1938
    Succeeded by
    Kuzma Podlas
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