Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir (Russian: Ио́на Эммануи́лович Яки́р; August 3, 1896 – June 12, 1937) was a Red Army commander and one of the world's major military reformers between World War I and World War II. He was an early and major military victim of the Great Purge, alongside Mikhail Tukhachevsky.
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16 February 1893 Kishinev, Bessarabia, Russian Empire
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Died |
11 June 1937 (aged 44) Moscow, Soviet Union
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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