Mikhail Levandovsky

Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky
Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky
Born	May 15, 1890; Tiflis, Russian Empire
Died	July 29, 1938; Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire; Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army; Soviet Red Army
Commands held	9th 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	World War I; Russian Civil War Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan; Red Army invasion of Georgia; ;

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.

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

Decorations

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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