Mikhail Levandovsky

Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky (Russian: Михаил Карлович Левандовский; 15 May 1890 – 29 July 1938) was a Soviet Komandarm 2nd rank. He fought in World War I in the Imperial Russian Army and in the Russian Civil War in the Soviet Red Army. He participated in the Soviet invasions of Georgia and Azerbaijan. He commanded forces in both the Caucasus and Siberia.

Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky
Born	15 May 1890 Tiflis, Russian Empire
Died	29 July 1938 (1938-07-30) (aged 48) Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried	Kommunarka shooting ground
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army
Commands	9th Army (RSFSR) 11th Army (RSFSR) 10th Terek-Dagestan Army Red Banner Caucasus Army Siberian Military District Transcaucasian Military District Maritime Group of Forces
Battles / wars	World War I Russian Civil War Invasion of Azerbaijan Invasion of Georgia

During the Great Purge, he was arrested on 23 February 1938 and later executed.

Decorations

• Order of Saint Stanislaus (1916)
• Order of the Red Banner (1920)
• Order of Lenin (1935)

Bibliography

• Great Soviet Encyclopedia, XIV, Moscow 1973.
• W. M. Ivanov, Marshal Tukhachevsky, Wojeizdat, Moscow 1990.