Ilya Garkavyi

Ilya Ivanovich Garkavyi
BornJuly 19, 1888
Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedJuly 1, 1937
Soviet Union
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Years of service1914–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1937 (Soviet Union)
RankKomkor

Ilya Ivanovich Garkavyi (1888–1937) was a Soviet komkor (corps commander) and organizer of Red Guards detachments in Tiraspol.

He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during 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, he was arrested on March 11, 1937 alongside fellow komkor Matvei Vasilenko. Both were later executed.

Bibliography

  • Черушев Н. С. (2003). 1937 год: элита Красной Армии на Голгофе. Военные тайны XX века. М.: Вече. p. 560. ISBN 5-94538-305-8.
  • 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. 67–68, ISBN 978-5-9950-0217-8

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Preceded by Commander of the Ural Military District
1935–1937
Succeeded by

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