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Iona Emmanuilovič Jakir
1896 – 1937
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryIona Emmanuilovich Yakir was a Red Army commander and one of the world's major military reformers between World War I and World War II. He was an early and major military victim of the Great Purge, alongside Mikhail Tukhachevsky.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 3, 1896
Chișinău
Date of death
June 12, 1937
Moscow
Citizenship
Russian Empire · Russian Republic · Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic · Soviet Union
Occupations & fields
military officerpoliticianrevolutionarypolitical commissarchemist
Awards & honours
Order of the Red Banner
- Field and occupation
- sovětský generál a politik
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