Sergey Kamenev
Soviet military leader (1881–1936) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Ка́менев; April 16 [O.S. April 4], 1881 – August 25, 1936) was a Soviet military leader who reached Komandarm 1st rank.
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Birth name | Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev |
Born | (1881-04-16)16 April 1881 Kiev, Russian Empire |
Died | 25 August 1936(1936-08-25) (aged 55) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Allegiance | Russian Empire (1891–1917) Russian SFSR (1917–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1936) |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Red Army |
Years of service | 1898–1936 |
Rank | Polkovnik (Russia) Komandarm 1st rank (Soviet) |
Battles/wars | First World War Russian Civil War Polish–Soviet War |
Kamenev was born in Kiev. In World War I he commanded a regiment in the rank of colonel. He became a member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1918. In July 1919, Kamenev replaced Jukums Vācietis as Commander-in-chief of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. Kamenev was a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR from April 1924 to May 1927. He died of a heart attack on 25 August 1936 following the Trial of the Sixteen, incidentally on the same day that Lev Kamenev (no relation) and Grigory Zinoviev were executed.