Ilya Garkavyi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1888
Place of Birth: Musiienkove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
Date of Death: 01-Jul-1937
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Ilya Garkavyi
- Ilya Ivanovich Garkavyi (1888–1937) was a Soviet komkor (corps commander) and organizer of Red Guards detachments in Tiraspol.
- He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during 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, he was arrested on March 11, 1937 alongside fellow komkor Matvei Vasilenko.
- Both were later executed.
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