Ivan Kosogov Explained

Ivan Dmitryevich Kosogov
Birth Date:1891
Birth Place:Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Date:1 August 1938
Death Place:Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Allegiance:Soviet Union
Branch:Soviet Red Army
Commands:4th Cavalry Corps
Battles:Russian Civil War

Ivan Dmitryevich Kosogov (Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Косогов, 1891 – 1 August 1938) was a Soviet Komkor (corps commander). He fought on the side of the Bolsheviks against the White movement during the Russian Civil War. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner.[1] During the Great Purge, he was arrested in 1937 and executed the following year at the Kommunarka shooting ground.[2]

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  1. Приказ от 20 ноября 1935 года.
  2. Приказ РВСР № 182 от 1921 года.