Yelisey Goryachev
Yelisey Ivanovich Goryachev | |
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| Born | 1892 Kalachyovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | December 12, 1938 Proskuriv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army |
| Battles / wars | World War I Russian Civil War |
Yelisey Ivanovich Goryachev (1892 – December 12, 1938) was a Soviet Komkor (corps commander). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks.
He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, he was one of the military judges in the Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization of Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky on June 11, 1937. On February 4, 1938, Goryachev was formally promoted to Komkor and was named as commander of the cavalry army in Kiev on July 26, 1938. Fearing arrest, he committed suicide by shooting himself in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.