Ilya Garkavyi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ilya Garkavyi

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


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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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