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Juris Aploks

Juris Aploks

Latvian military personnel


Juris Aploks (Russian: Юрий Юрьевич Аплок, Yuri Yuryevich Aplok; April 21, 1893 – April 2, 1938) was an officer of Latvian Riflemen and later a Soviet Komdiv.

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He fought in the 2nd Riga Latvian Riflemen Regiment of Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner (1928) and the Order of the Red Star.

During the Great Purge as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", he was arrested on December 18, 1937, sentenced to death by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union on April 1, 1938, and executed the next day. Rehabilitated on June 25, 1958.

Bibliography

  • Гражданская война и военная интервенция в СССР. — М.: Советская Энциклопедия, 1983.
  • Список лиц с высшим общим военным образованием состоящих на службе в РККА. — Пг.: Воен. тип. Штаба РККА, 1923.
  • Сувениров О. Ф. [in Russian] (1998), Трагедия РККА 1937—1938, Moscow: ТЕРРА, ISBN 5-300-02220-9
  • Удмуртская республика: Энциклопедия. — Ижевск: Издательство «Удмуртия», 2000.
  • 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. 173–174, ISBN 978-5-9950-0217-8

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