Anatolie Popa

Anatolie Popa
Picture of Popa,sometime before 1918
Born	(1896-03-15)15 March 1896 Cotiujenii Mari, Soroksky Uyezd, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	25 June 1920(1920-06-25) (aged 24) Novo-Miropol', Ukraine
Allegiance	Russian Empire Moldavian Democratic Republic Soviet Russia
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army Bessarabian Army Red Army
Years of service	1914–1917 1917–1918 1918–1920
Rank	Stabs-kapitan Military commissar Regimental Commander
Unit	75th Sevastopol Infantry Regiment Bălți County Moldavian Cohorts 45th Rifle Division
Battles / wars	World War I Romanian Campaign Intervention in Bessarabia Polish–Soviet War Ukrainian–Soviet War
Awards	Order of the Red Banner

Anatolie Popa (Russian: Анатолий Васильевич Попа, Anatoliy Vasilievich Popa; 15 March 1896 – 25 June 1920) was a Bessarabian-born military commander active during World War I and the Russian Revolution and Civil War, one of the organisers of the Moldavian armed resistance against the advancing Romanian troops in January 1918.