Eduard Lepin

Eduard Davydovich Lepin (Russian: Эдуард Давыдович Лепин, Latvian: Eduards Liepiņš; 1889 – 22 August 1938) was a Soviet division commander and Komkor of Latvian ethnicity. He fought in the Russian Civil War against the White movement. Lepin was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner.

Eduard Davydovich Lepin
Born1889
Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died22 August 1938
Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union
Service/branchSoviet Red Army
RankKomkor
Commands held15th Rifle Division
35th Rifle Division
13th Rifle Corps
Battles/warsRussian Civil War

During the Great Purge, as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", Lepin was arrested on 2 December 1937 and shot at the Kommunarka shooting ground on 22 August 1938. In 1956, after the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated.

Preceded by
Alexander Sedyakin
Commander of the 15th Rifle Division
June–July 1920
Succeeded by
Pyotr Solodukhin
Preceded by
Kasyan Chaykovsky
Commander of the 35th Rifle Division
1924–1925
Succeeded by
Anatoly Tarasov
Preceded by
Ivan Fedko
Commander of the 13th Rifle Corps
1925–1930
Succeeded by
Vitaly Primakov
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