Eduard Pantserzhanskiy
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Eduard Pantserzhanskiy | |
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| Born | October 12, 1887 Liepāja |
| Died | September 26, 1937 (aged 49) Kommunarka |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire Soviet Union |
| Service/ | Imperial Russian Navy, Soviet Navy |
| Years of service | 1910–1937 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands | Soviet Navy |
| Battles/wars | World War I, Russian Civil War |
Eduard Samuilovich Pantserzhanskiy (Russian: Эдуард Самуилович Панцержанский) (October 12 [O.S. September 30] 1887 - September 26, 1937) was a Russian military leader, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces from December 1921 to December 1924.
Pantserzhanskiy was born in Liepāja, Latvia the son of a Polish nobleman and studied at the Riga Technical University. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1910 and joined the Baltic Fleet. He was an officer on the destroyer Grom and fought in the Battle of Moon Sound. During the Civil war he fought on riverine flotillas on Lake Onega and the Volga - Caspian front.
Between 1921 and 1924 he was commander of the Soviet Navy. From 1924 he joined the general staff holding various commands.
He was denounced in 1937 by Boris Feldman and arrested in June. He was tried, sentenced to death and executed by firing squad on 26 September 1937. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1956.
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