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Nikolai Krivoruchko

Nikolai Krivoruchko

Soviet military officer (1887–1938)


Nikolai Nikolayevich Krivoruchko (Russian: Николай Николаевич Криворучко; Ukrainian: Микола Миколайович Криворучко; December 6, 1887 – August 19, 1938) was a Soviet Komkor (corps commander). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on February 21, 1938 and later executed.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Awards

  • Order of Lenin (1935)
  • Two Orders of the Red Banner (11.11.1921, 31.10.1930) [1]

Memorial

  • In Uman (Cherkasy region, Ukraine) there is street called Krivoruchko.
Preceded by Commander of the 2nd Cavalry Corps
August 6, 1925 – July 1937
Succeeded by

References

  1. Герои Гражданской войны. Криворучко Николай Николаевич. // Военно-исторический журнал. — 1971. — № 4. — С.57-58.
  • Кольцов С. В. «М. М. Криворучко» — Дніпропетровськ: Промінь, 1969.
  • Социокультурный состав советской военной элиты 1931—1938 гг. и её оценки в прессе русского зарубежья
  • Расстрелянная элита РККА|84—85

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