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Birth name | Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir |
Born | ![]() | 3 August 1896
Died | 12 June 1937![]() | (aged 40)
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Years of service | 1918–1937 |
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Unit | 45th Rifle Division, 58th Rifle Division, Ukrainian Military District, Kiev Military District, Leningrad Military District |
Commands | Ukrainian Military District, Kiev Military District, Leningrad Military District |
Battles/wars | Russian Civil War, Polish-Soviet War |
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Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir (Russian: Ио́на Эммануи́лович Яки́р; 3 August 1896 – 12 June 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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