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.