Marcian Germanovich

BornOctober 29, 1895

DiedSeptember 20, 1937 (aged 41)

AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union

BranchImperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army

Marcian Germanovich

Born	(1895-10-29)October 29, 1895 Russian Empire
Died	September 20, 1937(1937-09-20) (aged 41) Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Branch	Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army
Rank	Komkor
Commands	15th Rifle Division
Conflicts	World War I Russian Civil War

Marcian Yakovlevich Germanovich (Russian: Маркиан Яковлевич Германович; October 29, 1895 – September 20, 1937) was a Soviet division commander and Komkor (corps 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 August 7, 1937, and later executed. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated in 1957.

Preceded by

Johannes Raudmets

Commander of the 15th Rifle Division
1922–1924

Succeeded by

Vladimir Tarasenko

Краснознамённый Киевский. Очерки истории Краснознамённого Киевского военного округа (1919–1979). Издание второе, исправленное и дополненное. Киев, издательство политической литературы Украины, 1979.[Red Banner Kiev. Essays on the History of the Red Banner Kyiv Military District (1919–1979). Second edition, revised and supplemented. Kyiv, Publishing House of Political Literature of Ukraine, 1979.]
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Григорян А. М., Мильбах В. С., Чернавский А. Н. [in Russian] (2013). Политические репрессии командно-начальствующего состава, 1937—1938 гг. Ленинградский военный округ. СПб.: Издательство Санкт-Петербургского университета. p. 68. ISBN 978-5-288-05282-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) [Grigoryan, Ararat Mamikonovich, Milbakh, Vladimir Spartakovich, Chernavsky, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, Political repressions of the command staff, 1937-1938 Leningrad Military District (St. Petersburg University Press, 2013) p.68]
Черушев Н. С.; Черушев Ю. Н. (2012), Расстрелянная элита РККА (командармы 1-го и 2-го рангов, комкоры, комдивы и им равные): 1937—1941. Биографический словарь [Shot elite of the Red Army (commanders of the 1st and 2nd ranks, comkors, divisional commanders and their equal): 1937-1941. Biographical Dictionary], Moscow: Kuchkovo field; Metropolis [Кучково поле; Мегаполис], pp. 69–70, ISBN 978-5-9950-0217-8

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