Pavel Dybenko

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Pavel Dybenko
Born	(1889-02-16)16 February 1889 Novozybkovsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	29 July 1938(1938-07-29) (aged 49) Kommunarka, Leninsky District, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1911–1917)  Soviet Russia (1917–1922)  Soviet Union (1922–1938)
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Navy Red Army  Soviet Navy
Years of service	1911–1938
Rank	Komandarm 2nd rank
Commands held	Baltic Fleet Crimean Soviet Army Central Asian Military District Siberian Military District Volga Military District Leningrad Military District
Battles/wars	First World War Russian Civil War
Awards	(×3)
Other work	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) (1912–1918) All-Union Communist Party (b) (1918–1938)
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Pavel Efimovich Dybenko (Russian: Павел Ефимович Дыбенко; Ukrainian: Павло Юхимович Дибенко, romanized: Pavlo Yukhymovych Dybenko; 16 February 1889 – 29 July 1938) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a leading Soviet officer and military commander. He was arrested, tortured and executed during the Great Purge and subsequently rehabilitated during the Khrushchev Thaw.