Vasily Pavlovich Glagolev | |
Birth Date: | May 23, 1883 |
Birth Place: | Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Death Date: | March 14, 1938 |
Death Place: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
Allegiance: | Russian Empire Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Far Eastern Republic Soviet Union |
Serviceyears: | 1900–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1920 (RSFSR) 1920 (Far Eastern Republic) 1920–1938 (Soviet Union) |
Rank: | Kombrig |
Commands: | 38th Infantry Regiment (Russian Empire) 9th Rifle Division 11th Cavalry Division 12th Cavalry Division 16th Army 10th Army 6th Army |
Vasily Pavlovich Glagolev (Russian: Василий Павлович Глаголев; May 23, 1883 – March 14, 1938) was a Red Army commander.
He served as a staff officer in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I and defected to the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution. He fought for them against the White movement in the subsequent civil war. He was made a brigade commander on December 13, 1935, with the reintroduction of military ranks.
During the Great Purge, he was arrested on December 11, 1937, and executed the following year.