Roberts Eidemanis

Roberts Eidemanis (Russian: Ро́берт Петро́вич Эйдема́н, Robert Petrovich Eideman; 1895 – June 12, 1937) was a Latvian Soviet Komkor, writer and poet.

Roberts Eidemanis
Born	1895 Lejasciems, Gulbene Municipality, Russian Empire (modern  Latvia)
Died	June 12, 1937 Moscow, USSR
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Years of service	1916–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1937 (Soviet Union)
Rank	Komkor
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War

He was born in Lejasciems, Gulbene Municipality of Latvia as a son of a Latvian father and an Estonian mother. Eideman fought in World War I in the Imperial Russian Army and the Russian Civil War on the side of the Soviet Red Army. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of 1918. Eideman was one of the defendants in the Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization alongside Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky. He was executed in Moscow. After the death of Joseph Stalin, Eideman was rehabilitated.