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Gaspar Karapetovich Voskanyan (Arabic: Գասպար Կարապետի Ոսկանյան; Russian: Гаспар Карапетович Восканов, romanized: Gaspar Karapetovich Voskanov January 22, 1887 – September 20, 1937) was a 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.
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 | 25th Rifle Division 49th Rifle Division 4th Army 12th Army |
| Battles / wars | World War I Russian Civil War |
Awards
editRussian Empire:
- Order of St. George, 4th degree
Soviet Union: Order of the Red Banner
References
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