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Grigory Kotovsky | |
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Born | Hînceşti, Russian Empire | June 24, 1881
Died | August 6, 1925 Chebanka Village, near Odessa, Soviet Union | (aged 44)
Allegiance | Soviet Russia (1918–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1925) |
Service | Red Army |
Years of service | 1918–1925 |
Commands | |
Battles / wars | Russian Civil War |
Awards | Order of the Red Banner (3) |
Grigory Ivanovich Kotovsky (Russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Кото́вский, Romanian: Grigore Kotovski; June 24 [O.S. June 12] 1881 – August 6, 1925) was a Soviet military officer and political activist, and participant in the Russian Civil War. He made a career from being a gangster and bank robber to eventually becoming a Red Army commander and member of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.