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.