Max Reyter
Max Andreyevich Reyter | |
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| Born | 24 April [O.S. 12 April] 1886 Sirgen, Kreis Windau, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ziras, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia) |
| Died | 6 April 1950 (aged 63) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire (1906–1917) Soviet Russia (1919–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1950) |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army Red Army / Soviet Army |
| Years of service | 1906–1917 1919–1950 |
| Rank | Colonel-general |
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| Awards | Order of Lenin Order of Suvorov, 1st class Order of the Red Banner (4x) and other awards |
Max Andreyevich Reyter (Russian: Макс Андреевич Рейтер; Latvian: Mārtiņš Reiters; 24 April 1886 [O.S. 12 April] – 6 April 1950) was a Russian and Soviet military officer of Latvian origin.
A lieutenant-general in the Red Army at the time of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Reyter was a commander of the 20th Army and the commander-in-chief for the Bryansk Front in 1942–1943. Promoted to colonel-general in 1943, he headed the South Ural Military District September 1943 to July 1945.