Dmitry Shmidt

Dmitry Shmidt
Native name	Дмитрий Аркадьевич Шмидт
Birth name	David Aronovich Gutman
Born	August or 19 December 1896 Pryluky, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	19 June 1937(1937-06-19) (aged 40) Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army Red Army
Years of service	1915–17 1918–37
Rank	Komdiv
Commands	37th Rifle Division 2nd Red Cossacks Division 1st Red Cossacks Division 7th Cavalry Division 8th Mechanized Brigade
Battles / wars	World War I Russian Civil War
Awards	Order of the Red Banner (2) Cross of St. George 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th classes

Dmitry Arkadievich Shmidt (Russian: Дмитрий Аркадьевич Шмидт; born David Aronovich Gutman (Russian: Давид Аронович Гутман; August or 19 December 1896 – 19 June 1937) was a Red Army Komdiv. Shmidt became a revolutionary before World War I and was imprisoned. He was drafted into the Imperial Russian Army at the beginning of 1915 and fought in World War I. Shmidt became a Full Cavalier of the Cross of St. George and an officer. After the February Revolution he led the Bolsheviks in his divisional committee. Shmidt joined the Red Army and fought in the Russian Civil War, initially as a partisan. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for his actions. After the end of the war he held command positions in cavalry units. He became commander of the 8th Mechanized Brigade in 1934. In 1936, Shmidt was one of the first Red Army officers to be arrested in the Great Purge, and was executed a year later. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1957.^[1]