COMMANDER // 1895–1937
Ivan Smolin
Russian Empire1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1895 – 1937
Active service 1920 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 25.
Profile
Ivan Ivanovich Smolin was a Soviet army commander. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I and in the Soviet Red Army in the Russian Civil War. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner (1922). During the Great Purge, he was arrested on 14 May 1937 and later executed. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated in 1955.
Battles (1)
1920
Battle of RadzyminPolish–Soviet War · Russian SFSR