Yan Gaylit

Yan Petrovich Gaylit (Russian: Ян Петро́вич Га́йлит, Latvian: Jānis Gailītis; May 25, 1894 – August 1, 1938) was a Soviet Komkor of Latvian ethnicity. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", Gaylit was arrested by the NKVD on August 15, 1937 and executed the following year.

Yan Petrovich Gaylit
BornMay 25, 1894
Wolmar, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
DiedAugust 1, 1938 (aged 44)
Moscow, Soviet Union
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Years of service1915–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1937 (Soviet Union)
RankKomkor
Commands held35th Rifle Division
Siberian Military District
Battles/warsWorld War I
Russian Civil War

He was rehabilitated in 1956.

Preceded by
Konstantin Neumann
Commander of the 35th Rifle Division
August–October 1921
Succeeded by
Petr Efimovich Shchetinkin
Preceded by
Commander of the Siberian Military District
1923–1924
Succeeded by
Robert Eideman
Preceded by
Mikhail Lewandowski
Commander of the Siberian Military District
1933–1937
Succeeded by
Pavel Dybenko

Sources

Bibliography

  • Коллектив авторов, главный редактор С. С. Хромов (1983). Гражданская война и военная интервенция в СССР. М.: Советская Энциклопедия. p. 139.
  • Черушев Н. С.; Черушев Ю. Н. (2012), Расстрелянная элита РККА (командармы 1-го и 2-го рангов, комкоры, комдивы и им равные): 1937—1941. Биографический словарь [Shot elite of the Red Army (commanders of the 1st and 2nd ranks, comkors, divisional commanders and their equal): 1937-1941. Biographical Dictionary], Moscow: Kuchkovo field; Metropolis [Кучково поле; Мегаполис], pp. 66–67, ISBN 978-5-9950-0217-8
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