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Ivan Kosogov

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Ivan Dmitryevich Kosogov
Born1891
Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died1 August 1938
Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union
Service / branchSoviet Red Army
Commands4th Cavalry Corps
Battles / warsRussian Civil War

Ivan Dmitryevich Kosogov (Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Косогов, 1891 – 1 August 1938) was a Soviet Komkor (corps commander). He fought on the side of the Bolsheviks against the White movement during the Russian Civil War. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner.[1] During the Great Purge, he was arrested in 1937 and executed the following year at the Kommunarka shooting ground.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Приказ от 20 ноября 1935 года.
  2. ^ Приказ РВСР № 182 от 1921 года.

Bibliography

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  • Cherushev, Nikolai Semyonovich; Cherushev, Yury Nikolaevich (2012). Расстрелянная элита РККА (командармы 1-го и 2-го рангов, комкоры, комдивы и им равные): 1937—1941. Биографический словарь [Executed Elite of the Red Army (Komandarms of the 1st and 2nd ranks, Komkors, Komdivs, and equivalents) 1937–1941 Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 9785995002178.
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Military offices
Preceded by
Commander of the 4th Cavalry Corps
7 February 1936 – 26 May 1937
Succeeded by