Juris Aploks

Juris Aploks
Juris Aploks
Born	April 21, 1893; Goldingen County, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	April 2, 1938 (aged 44); Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire; Soviet Union
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army; Soviet Red Army
Years of service	1914–1918 (Russian Empire); 1918–1938 (Soviet Union)
Rank	Komdiv
Battles / wars	World War I; Russian Civil War

Juris Aploks (Russian: Юрий Юрьевич Аплок, Yuri Yuryevich Aplok; April 21, 1893 – April 2, 1938) was an officer of Latvian Riflemen and later a Soviet Komdiv.

He fought in the 2nd Riga Latvian Riflemen Regiment of Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner (1928) and the Order of the Red Star.

During the Great Purge as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", he was arrested on December 18, 1937, sentenced to death by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union on April 1, 1938, and executed the next day. Rehabilitated on June 25, 1958.

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Список лиц с высшим общим военным образованием состоящих на службе в РККА. — Пг.: Воен. тип. Штаба РККА, 1923.
Сувениров О. Ф. [in Russian] (1998), Трагедия РККА 1937—1938, Moscow: ТЕРРА, ISBN 5-300-02220-9
Удмуртская республика: Энциклопедия. — Ижевск: Издательство «Удмуртия», 2000.
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