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COMMANDER // 1893–1937

Mikhail Tukhachevsky

Marshal of the Soviet UnionRussian Empire8 battles2 wars

Lifespan

1893 – 1937

1900191019201930Russian Civil War · 1917-1922Polish–Soviet War · 1919-1921Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War — January 1, 1918 · Bolsheviks · Russian Civil WarBattle of Berezina — May 15, 1920 · Russian SFSR · Polish–Soviet WarBattle of Dęblin and Mińsk Mazowiecki — January 1, 1920 · Russian SFSR · Polish–Soviet WarBattle of the Niemen River — September 25, 1920 · Russian SFSR · Polish–Soviet WarBattle of Warsaw — January 1, 1920 · Soviet Russia · Polish–Soviet WarRed Army invasion of Azerbaijan — January 1, 1920 · Russian SFSR · Russian Civil WarRevolt of Czechoslovak Legion — September 1, 1920 · Russian SFSR · Russian Civil WarTambov Rebellion — June 1, 1921 · Soviet Russia · Russian Civil War

Active service 1918–1921 — 8 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 25.

Profile

Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky, nicknamed the Red Napoleon, was a Soviet general who was prominent between 1918 and 1937 as a military officer and theoretician. He was later executed during the Moscow trials of 1936–1938.

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Battles (8)

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