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]