Nikolai Krivoruchko Explained

Nikolai Nikolayevich Krivoruchko
Birth Date:December 6, 1887
Birth Place:Bereznyaki, Cherkassy uezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Date:August 19, 1938
Allegiance:Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Branch:Imperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Commands:2nd Cavalry Corps
Rank:Komkor
Serviceyears:1918–1938 (Soviet Union)
Battles:World War I
Russian Civil War

Nikolai Nikolayevich Krivoruchko (Russian: Николай Николаевич Криворучко; Ukrainian: Микола Миколайович Криворучко; December 6, 1887 – August 19, 1938) was a Soviet Komkor (corps commander). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on February 21, 1938 and later executed.

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  1. Герои Гражданской войны. Криворучко Николай Николаевич. // Военно-исторический журнал. — 1971. — № 4. — С.57-58.