Vasily Blyukher

Vasily Blyukher
Vasily Blyukher
	Blyukher c. 1930s
Birth name	Vasily Konstantinovich Gurov
Nickname(s)	"Red Napoleon"
Born	1 December 1889; Barschinka, Russian Empire
Died	9 November 1938 (aged 48); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Buried	Donskoi Cemetery
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1914–1915); Soviet Union (1917–1938)
Service/branch	Russian Imperial Army; Red Army
Years of service	1914–1915; 1917–1938
Rank	;
Commands held	Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army
Battles/wars	First World War; Russian Civil War; Sino-Soviet conflict; Soviet–Japanese border conflicts Battle of Lake Khasan; ;
Awards	Order of Lenin (2); Order of the Red Banner (4); Order of the Red Star
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Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher (Russian: Васи́лий Константи́нович Блю́хер, tr. Vasiliy Konstantinovich Blyukher; 1 December 1889 – 9 November 1938) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.

In 1938, Blyukher was arrested during the period of military purges under Joseph Stalin. He was tortured and blinded by Lavrentiy Beria and his men before succumbing to his injuries. His body was then incinerated on the orders of Stalin.^[2]^[3]

^ Kotkin (2017), p. 31.
^ Harmsen, Peter (1 December 2018). Storm Clouds over the Pacific, 1931–1941. Casemate Publishers. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-61200-481-5.
^ Thomas, Alfred (22 July 2014). Shakespeare, Dissent and the Cold War. Springer. pp. 1–275. ISBN 978-1-137-43895-9.

[FOOTNOTEKotkin201731-1] Kotkin (2017), p. 31.

[2] Harmsen, Peter (1 December 2018). Storm Clouds over the Pacific, 1931–1941. Casemate Publishers. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-61200-481-5.

[3] Thomas, Alfred (22 July 2014). Shakespeare, Dissent and the Cold War. Springer. pp. 1–275. ISBN 978-1-137-43895-9.

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