Iona Yakir

Iona Yakir
Birth name	Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir
Born	(1896-08-03)3 August 1896 Kishinev, Bessarabia, Imperial Russia
Died	12 June 1937(1937-06-12) (aged 40) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian SFSR Soviet Union
Service/branch	Red Army
Years of service	1918–1937
Rank	Komandarm 1st rank
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
Awards	Order of the Red Banner (three times)
Alma mater	University of Basel
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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.