Eduard Lepin

Eduard Davydovich Lepin
Born	1889 Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died	22 August 1938 Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service / branch	Soviet Red Army
Rank	Komkor
Commands	15th Rifle Division 35th Rifle Division 13th Rifle Corps
Battles / wars	World War I Russian Civil War

Eduard Davydovich Lepin (Russian: Эдуа́рд Давы́дович Ле́пин, Latvian: Eduards Liepiņš; 1889 – 22 August 1938) was a Soviet division commander and Komkor of Latvian ethnicity. He fought in the Russian Civil War against the White movement. Lepin was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner.

During the Great Purge, as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", Lepin was arrested on 2 December 1937 and shot at the Kommunarka shooting ground on 22 August 1938. In 1956, after the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated.^[1]

Preceded by Alexander Sedyakin	Commander of the 15th Rifle Division June–July 1920	Succeeded by Pyotr Solodukhin
Preceded by Kasyan Chaykovsky	Commander of the 35th Rifle Division 1924–1925	Succeeded by Anatoly Tarasov
Preceded by Ivan Fedko	Commander of the 13th Rifle Corps 1925–1930	Succeeded by Vitaly Primakov

References

1. "Biography of Komkor Eduard Davydovich Lepin - (Эдуард Давыдович Лепин) (1889 – 1938), Soviet Union". generals.dk. Retrieved 2024-02-18.