Vasily Pavlovich Glagolev

Vasily Pavlovich Glagolev
Born	May 23, 1883 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	March 14, 1938 Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Far Eastern Republic Soviet Union
Years of service	1900–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1920 (RSFSR) 1920 (Far Eastern Republic) 1920–1938 (Soviet Union)
Rank	Kombrig
Commands	38th Infantry Regiment (Russian Empire) 9th Rifle Division 11th Cavalry Division 12th Cavalry Division 16th Army 10th Army 6th Army

Vasily Pavlovich Glagolev (Russian: Василий Павлович Глаголев; May 23, 1883 – March 14, 1938) was a Red Army commander.

He served as a staff officer in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I and defected to the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution. He fought for them against the White movement in the subsequent civil war. He was made a brigade commander on December 13, 1935, with the reintroduction of military ranks.

During the Great Purge, he was arrested on December 11, 1937, and executed the following year.

Dates of rank

• Podporuchik 1903
• Poruchik (August 13, 1905)
• Stabskapitan (April 30, 1909)
• Kapitan 1911/1912
• Podpolkovnik
• Polkovnik (1916)

References

• Cherushev, Nikolai Semyonovich; Cherushev, Yury Nikolaevich (2014). Расстрелянная элита РККА. Комбриги и им равные. 1937-1941 [Executed Elite of the Red Army, 1937–1941: Kombrigs and equivalents] (in Russian). Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 978-5-9950-0388-5.

Military offices
Preceded by Alexander Novikov	Commander of the 16th Army July 22 – August 14, 1919	Succeeded by Nikolai Sollogub