Vasily Glagolev (commander) explained

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.

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