Pavel Dybenko
Pavel Dybenko | |
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| Born | 16 February 1889 Novozybkovsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 July 1938 (aged 49) Kommunarka, Leninsky District, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire (1911–1917) Soviet Russia (1917–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1938) |
| Service | Imperial Russian Navy Red Army Soviet Navy |
| Years of service | 1911–1938 |
| Rank | Komandarm 2nd rank |
| Commands | 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.