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Vasily Blyukher
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Soviet marshal (1889–1938)
Key facts
- Nickname
- Red Napoleon
- Born
- Vasily Konstantinovich Gurov , ( 1889-12-01 ) 1 December 1889, Barschinka , Russian Empire
- Died
- 9 November 1938 (1938-11-09) (aged 48), Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Buried
- Donskoi Cemetery
- Allegiance
- Russian Empire (1914–1915) , Soviet Russia / Soviet Union (1917–1938)
- Branch
- Russian Imperial Army , Red Army
- Service years
- 1914–1915, 1917–1938
- Commands
- Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army
- Conflicts
- First World War Russian Civil War Sino-Soviet conflict Soviet–Japanese Border Wars Battle of Lake Khasan
- Awards
- Order of Lenin (2), Order of the Red Banner (4), Order of the Red Star
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vasily
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- church school
- Political party
- Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolshevik)
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party
- Conflict
- Battle of Lake Khasan
- Military branch
- Red Army
- Military rank
- Private
- Image
- Vasily Blyukher, 1919.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher
- date of birth
- 1890-11-19
- date of death
- 1938-11-09
- place of detention
- Lefortovo Prison
- manner of death
- natural causes
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- cause of death
- thrombosis
- start of work period
- 1914-00-00
- name in native language
- Васи́лий Константи́нович Блю́хер
- end of work period
- 1938-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher (Russian: Васи́лий Константи́нович Блю́хер, romanized: Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher; 1 December 1889 – 9 November 1938) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.
In 1938, Blyukher was arrested during the period of military purges under Joseph Stalin for spying. He was tortured and blinded by Lavrentiy Beria and his men before succumbing to his injuries. His body was then incinerated on the orders of Stalin.
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