Roberts Eidemanis
Roberts Eidemanis | |
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Robert Eideman and the American military attaché Philip R. Faymonville | |
| Born | May 9, 1895 Lejasciems, Gulbene Municipality, Russian Empire (now Latvia) |
| Died | June 12, 1937 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
| Years of service | 1916–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1937 (Soviet Union) |
| Rank | Komkor |
| Battles / wars | World War I Russian Civil War |
Roberts Eidemanis (Russian: Ро́берт Петро́вич Эйдема́н, Robert Petrovich Eideman; May 9, 1895 – June 12, 1937) was a Latvian Soviet Komkor, writer and poet. Executed during the Latvian Operation of the Great Purge, he was rehabilitated during the Khrushchev Thaw.