Yan Gaylit, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 25-May-1894
Place of Birth: Valmiera, Latvia
Date of Death: 01-Aug-1938
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Yan Gaylit
- Yan Petrovich Gaylit (Russian: ?? ?????´??? ??´????, Latvian: Janis Gailitis; May 25, 1894 – August 1, 1938) was a Soviet Komkor of Latvian ethnicity.
- He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war.
- He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner.
- During the Great Purge, as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", Gaylit was arrested by the NKVD on August 15, 1937 and executed the following year.
- He was rehabilitated in 1956.
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