Vasily Glagolev (commander)

Vasily Pavlovich Glagolev (May 23, 1883 – March 14, 1938) was a Red Army commander.

Vasily Pavlovich Glagolev
BornMay 23, 1883
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
DiedMarch 14, 1938
Moscow, Soviet Union
AllegianceRussian Empire
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Far Eastern Republic
Soviet Union
Years of service1900–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1920 (RSFSR)
1920 (Far Eastern Republic)
1920–1938 (Soviet Union)
RankKombrig
Commands held38th Infantry Regiment (Russian Empire)
9th Rifle Division
11th Cavalry Division
12th Cavalry Division
16th Army
10th Army
6th Army

He served as a staff officer in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I and defected to the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution. He fought for them against the White movement in the subsequent civil war. He was made a brigade commander on December 13, 1935, with the reintroduction of military ranks.

During the Great Purge, he was arrested on December 11, 1937 and executed the following year.

Dates of Rank

References

    • Cherushev, Nikolai Semyonovich; Cherushev, Yury Nikolaevich (2014). Расстрелянная элита РККА. Комбриги и им равные. 1937-1941 [Executed Elite of the Red Army, 1937–1941: Kombrigs and equivalents] (in Russian). Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 978-5-9950-0388-5.
    Military offices
    Preceded by
    Alexander Novikov
    Commander of the 16th Army
    July 22 – August 14, 1919
    Succeeded by
    Nikolai Sollogub
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