Boris Gorbachyov Explained

Boris Sergeevich Gorbachyov
Birth Date:19 August 1892
Birth Place:Zabalaccie, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance:Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Branch:Imperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Serviceyears:1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1937 (Soviet Union)
Commands:Moscow Military District
Ural Military District
Battles:World War I
Russian Civil War

Boris Sergeevich Gorbachyov (19 August 1892 – 3 July 1937) was a Soviet komkor (Russian for a corps commander). He was born in present-day Belarus. 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 3 May 1937 and executed two months later. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated in 1956.

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