Gaspar Voskanyan | |
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| Born | January 22, 1887 Grigoriopol, Tiraspol uezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | September 20, 1937 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
| Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army |
| Years of service | 1908–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1937 (Soviet Union) |
| Rank | Komkor |
| Commands held | 25th Rifle Division 49th Rifle Division 4th Army 12th Army |
| Battles/wars | World War I Russian Civil War |
Gaspar Karapetovich Voskanyan (Arabic: Գասպար Կարապետի Ոսկանյան; Russian: Гаспар Карапетович Восканов, romanized: Gaspar Karapetovich Voskanov January 22, 1887 – September 20, 1937) was an Soviet komkor (corps commander). An ethnic Armenian, he was born in Grigoriopol, in the Russian Empire (now in Transnistria, Moldova). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on May 28, 1937, and later executed.
Awards
Russian Empire:
- Order of St. George, 4th degree
Soviet Union: Order of the Red Banner
References
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