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Max Andreyevich Reyter | |
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Born | 24 April [O.S. 12 April] 1886 Sirgen, Kreis Windau, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ziras, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia) |
Died | 6 April 1950 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 63)
Allegiance | Russian Empire (1906–1917) Soviet Russia (1919–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1950) |
Service | Imperial Russian Army Red Army / Soviet Army |
Years of service | 1906–1917 1919–1950 |
Rank | Colonel-general |
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Battles / wars | |
Awards | Order of Lenin Order of Suvorov, 1st class Order of the Red Banner (4x) and other awards |
Max Andreyevich Reyter (Russian: Макс Андреевич Рейтер; Latvian: Mārtiņš Reiters; 24 April 1886 [O.S. 12 April] – 6 April 1950)[a 1] was a Russian and Soviet military officer of Latvian origin.
A lieutenant-general in the Red Army at the time of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Reyter was a commander of the 20th Army and the commander-in-chief for the Bryansk Front in 1942–1943. Promoted to colonel-general in 1943, he headed the South Ural Military District September 1943 to July 1945.
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