Alexander Ilyich Yegorov
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Died when: 55 years 132 days (664 months)Star Sign: Libra
Alexander Ilyich Yegorov or Egorov (Russian: ????????? ????? ??????, tr. Aleksandr Il'ich Yegórov) (October 25 [O.S. October 13] 1883 – February 23, 1939), was a Soviet military leader during the Russian Civil War, when he commanded the Red Army's Southern Front and played an important part in defeating the White forces in Ukraine.
During the military purges of 1937–1938, the Soviet authorities accused him of treason and had him shot, but rehabilitated his reputation in the late 1950s.
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