Yan Gaylit
(1894-1938)
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Yan Petrovich Gaylit (Russian: Ян Петро́вич Га́йлит, Latvian: Jānis Gailītis; May 25, 1894 – August 1, 1938) was a Soviet Komkor of Latvian ethnicity. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", Gaylit was arrested by the NKVD on August 15, 1937 and executed the following year.
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25 May 1894 Wolmar, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
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| Died |
1 August 1938 (aged 44) Moscow, Soviet Union
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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