Ivan Naumovich Dubovoy

Ivan Naumovich Dubovoy
Ivan Naumovich Dubovoy
Born	September 24, 1896; Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	July 29, 1938; Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire; Soviet Union
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army; Soviet Red Army
Years of service	1916–1917 (Russian Empire); 1918–1937 (Soviet Union)
Rank	Komandarm 2nd rank
Commands	1st Ukrainian Soviet Army
Battles / wars	World War I; Russian Civil War Battle of Kiev (December 1919); Battle of Tsaritsyn; ; Polish–Soviet War;

Ivan Naumovich Dubovoy (September 24, 1896 – July 29, 1938) was a Ukrainian Soviet army commander. He fought for the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent Civil War. With fellow Ukrainian Ivan Fedko he secured his hometown for the Red Army. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on August 21, 1937. On July 28, 1938, he was sentenced to death by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union and executed the following day. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated in 1956.

Compositions

In Kiev, a street named for Stalin was renamed for Dubovoy in 1961. In Kharkov, a street was formerly named after him.

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