Ivan Belov (commander)
Ivan Panfilovich Belov (Russian:Иван Панфилович Белов; 27 June 1893 – 29 June 1938) was a Soviet military commander and Komandarm 1st rank.
Ivan Panfilovich Belov | |
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| Born | 27 June 1893 Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 June 1938 (aged 45) Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
| Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1938 (Soviet Union) |
| Rank | Komandarm 1st rank |
| Commands held | North Caucasus Military District Leningrad Military District Moscow Military District |
| Battles/wars | World War I Russian Civil War |
Members of Military Revolutionary Council of the USSR, Belov is 2nd from right in the back row.
He was born in what is now Vologda Oblast. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and later in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. He received the Order of the Red Banner twice (1920 and 1921). During the Great Purge, he was one of the judges during the trial of Marshal of the Soviet Union Mikhail Tukhachevsky during the Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization in June 1937. Belov was himself arrested on 7 January 1938 and later executed. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated (exonerated) posthumously in 1955.
| Preceded by Ieronim Uborevich |
Commander of the North Caucasus Military District 1927–1931 |
Succeeded by Nikolai Kashirin |
| Preceded by Mikhail Tukhachevsky |
Commander of the Leningrad Military District 1931–1935 |
Succeeded by Boris Shaposhnikov |
| Preceded by Boris Gorbachyov |
Commander of the Moscow Military District 1936–1937 |
Succeeded by Semyon Budyonny |
Bibliography
- Robert Conquest: The Great Terror. Soviet Union 1934–1938. 2. Aufl. Langen Müller, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7844-2415-5.
- Géorgi N. Golikov, M. I. Kusnezow: Lexikon der großen sozialistischen Oktoberrevolution ("Malenkaja Encyclopedia Velikaja Oktjabrskaja Socialisticeskaja Revoljucia"). Bibliographisches Institute, Leipzig 1976.
- Donald Rayfield: Stalin and his hangmen. Blessing-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-89667-181-2.
- Heinrich E. Schulz u.a. (Hrsg.): Who was Who in the USSR. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J. 1972, ISBN 0-8108-0441-7.
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