Jakow Ivanovich Alksnis
Yakov Alksnis ( Latvian Jēkabs Alksnis , Russian Яков Иванович Алкснис ; born January 14, jul. / 26. January 1897 greg. In Naukseni , Governorate of Livonia ; † 28. July 1938 in Moscow ) was a native Latvian and a Soviet officer, last commander of the Air Force of the Soviet Union (1931–1937).
Life
Alksnis served in World War I and later also fought in the Russian Civil War . After his training in the Soviet military academy " M. W. Frunze " he rose to the position of commander-in-chief in the air force of the Red Army. During his tenure as Deputy Commander-in-Chief (1926–1931), the cooperation with the German Reichswehr that had begun under Pyotr Baranov , his predecessor as Commander-in-Chief, and in particular the operation of the Lipetsk Aviation School , continued.
Alksnis took part in June 1937 as a military judge in the Moscow military trial against Marshal Tukhachevsky and other high-ranking generals, in which all of the accused were sentenced to death. He was on 23 November 1937 at the wake of the Great Terror arrested, accused of establishing a fascist Latvian organization and on July 28, 1938 shot . After the end of the Stalin era he was rehabilitated.
Awards
Alksnis was a bearer of the Order of Lenin , twice bearer of the Order of the Red Banner and bearer of the Order of Red Star .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Horst Möller , Aleksandr Cubar'jan (ed.): Communications from the Joint Commission for Research into the Recent History of German-Russian Relations . tape 4 . Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-486-59080-7 , p. 235 (512 p., Limited preview in Google Book search).
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SURNAME | Alksnis, Jakow Ivanovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alksnis, JI; Алкснис, Яков Иванович (Russian); Алкснис, Я. И .; Alksnis, Yakov Ivanovich (English) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian officer, most recently Commander in Chief of the Air Force of the Soviet Union (1931–1937) |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1897 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Livonia Governorate |
DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1938 |
Place of death | Moscow |