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Mikhail Levandovsky

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Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky
Born15 May 1890
Tiflis, Russian Empire
Died29 July 1938 (1938-07-30) (aged 48)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service / branchImperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Commands9th 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

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.

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

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Military offices
Preceded by Commander of the Red Banner Caucasus Army
November 1925 – October 1928
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the Siberian Military District
1930–1933
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the Red Banner Caucasus Army
November 1933 – May 1935
Succeeded by
himself as Commander of the Transcaucasian Military District
Preceded by
himself as Commander of the Red Banner Caucasus Army
Commander of the Transcaucasian Military District
May 1935 – June 1937
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the Maritime Group of Forces
June 1937 – February 1938
Succeeded by