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Portrait of Komandarm 2nd Rank Iakov Ivanovich Alksnis

Alksnis, Iakov Ivanovich

Komandarm 2nd Rank

* 14th of January 1896

† 29th of July 1938

(Яков Иванович Алкснис)

Promotions

1935-11-20 Komandarm 2nd Rank

Service

1919-06-XX 1919-08-XX Military Commissar, Orel Provincial Military Commissariat
1919-08-XX 1919-09-30 Member of the Military Council, Orel Fortified Region
1919-09-30 1919-10-11 Military Commissar, 55th Rifle Division
1919-10-11 1919-11-XX Head of Supply, Southern Defence Area
1919-11-XX 1920-01-XX Assigned for Special Assignments, Orel Military Commissariat
1920-01-XX 1920-03-XX Military Commissar, Don Regional Military Commissariat
1920-03-XX 1920-04-XX Assistant Commander in Chief Orel Military District
1920-04-XX 1924-04-XX Attached to the Political Directorate
1924-04-XX 1924-11-01 Assistant Head of Organisation Directorate, General Staff
1924-11-01 1924-12-XX Assistant Head of Organisation-Mobilisation Directorate, General Staff
1924-12-15 1925-03-XX Chief of Troops Deployment Section, General Staff
1925-03-XX 1926-08-XX Head of Mobilisation & Staffing Directorate, Main Army Directorate
1926-08-25 1926-12-XX Deputy Commander in Chief of the Air Force
1926-08-25 1928-08-31 Deputy Chairman of the Civil Aviation Council
1928-08-31 1929-07-21 Senior Instructor at the Military Academy
1931-06-28 1937-11-23 Commander in Chief of the Air Force
1931-06-28 1937-11-23 Member of the Revolutionary Military Council
1937-01-XX 1937-11-23 Deputy People's Commissar of Defence for Air Forces
1937-11-23 1938-07-28 Arrested
1938-07-28 Condemned to death
1938-07-29 Executed
1956-02-01 Rehabilitated
Picture source: http://encyclopedia.mil.ru/images/alksnis.jpg