Bli︠u︡kher, Vasiliĭ Konstantinovich, 1889-1938

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
בליוכר, וסילי, 1890-1938
Name (Latin)
Bli︠u︡kher, Vasiliĭ Konstantinovich, 1889-1938
Name (Cyrilic)
Блюхер, Василий Константинович, 1889-1938
Other forms of name
Blyukher, Vasily, 1890-1938
Date of birth
1889
Date of death
1938
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 287046528
Wikidata: Q48129
Library of congress: n 82066148
Sources of Information
  • Paustovskiĭ, K. G. Marshal Bli︠u︡kher, 1938.
  • Vospominanii︠a︡ o muzhe--marshale V.K. Bli︠u︡khere, 1996:p. 4 (b. Dec. 1, 1890)
  • LCN
  • גענעראל בליכער:

Wikipedia description:

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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