Pavel Dybenko

Pavel Dybenko
Born(1889-02-16)16 February 1889
Novozybkovsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died29 July 1938(1938-07-29) (aged 49)
Kommunarka, Leninsky District, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Russian Empire (1911–1917)
 Soviet Russia (1917–1922)
 Soviet Union (1922–1938)
Service / branch Imperial Russian Navy
Red Army
 Soviet Navy
Years of service1911–1938
RankKomandarm 2nd rank
CommandsBaltic Fleet
Crimean Soviet Army
Central Asian Military District
Siberian Military District
Volga Military District
Leningrad Military District
Battles / warsFirst World War
Russian Civil War
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner (×3)
Other workRussian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) (1912–1918)
All-Union Communist Party (b) (1918–1938)
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Pavel Efimovich Dybenko (Russian: Павел Ефимович Дыбенко; Ukrainian: Павло Юхимович Дибенко, romanizedPavlo Yukhymovych Dybenko; 16 February 1889 – 29 July 1938) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a leading Soviet officer and military commander. He was arrested, tortured and executed during the Great Purge and subsequently rehabilitated during the Khrushchev Thaw.