Alexander Sedyakin

Alexander Ignatyevich Sedyakin
Alexander Ignatyevich Sedyakin
	Soviet Red Army
Rank	Komandarm 2nd rank
Commands held	15th Rifle Division
Battles/wars	World War I; Russian Civil War; Kronstadt Rebellion; East Karelian uprising and Soviet–Finnish conflict of 1921–22;
Awards	Order of the Red Banner (2); Order of Saint Stanislaus 2nd class; Order of Saint Anna 4th class; Saint George Sword; To the Valiant Soldier of the Karelian Front;

Alexander Ignatyevich Sedyakin (26 November 1893 – 29 July 1938) was a Soviet division commander and

Republic of East Karelia in East Karelia. On November 11, 1935, he was one of the 10 people made Komandarm 2nd rank. He received the Order of the Red Banner

twice (1921 and 1922).

Early life

Sedyakin was born in St. Petersburg, which was then the capital of the Russian Empire. He was the oldest in a family of 4 boys and a girl. A member of his family served in the

Preobrazhensky Regiment. His siblings were brothers Konstantin (1898), Theophylakt (1899), Mikhail (1903) and sister Klavdia (1907).^[1] In 1908, the family moved to Kurgan. After staying briefly in Krasnoyarsk, Sedyakin worked as a surveyor in Tobolsk Governorate, in modern-day Tyumen Oblast

.

World War I

In November 1914, Sedyakin enlisted in the

Constituent Assembly.^[2]^[3]

Civil War

In March 1918, Sedyakin formally joined the Red Army alongside soldiers he had formerly commanded. In May 1918, Sedyakin was conscription officer for the 2nd Pskov Rifle Division. On 6 August 1918 Sedyakin was on Eastern Front battling the forces of

Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel

until he was incapacitated by injury. From October 1920 to February 1921, Sedyakin was commander of the 10th Reserve Rifle Brigade.

He was executed during the Great Purge and posthumously rehabilitated in 1956.

Awards

Order of the Red Banner (1921, 1922)
Order of Saint Stanislaus 2nd class
Order of Saint Anna 4th class (1917)
Saint George Sword (1917)
To the Valiant Soldier of the Karelian Front (1933)

Preceded by Mikhail Sangursky	Commander of the 15th Rifle Division February–June 1920	Succeeded by Eduards Lepin
Preceded by Sergei Mratschowski	Commander of the Volga Military District 1924–1927	Succeeded by Georgy Bazilevich

References

^ "Лица Зауралья: СЕДЯКИН Александр Игнатьевич". Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
^ Радиоконтроль — Тачанка / [под общ. ред. Н. В. Огаркова]. — М. : Военное изд-во М-ва обороны СССР, 1980. — С. 311. — (Советская военная энциклопедия : [в 8 т.] ; 1976—1980, т. 7).
^ Автобиография // Военно-исторический журнал, 1989. — № 3. — С. 78-81.

Bibliography

Радиоконтроль — Тачанка / [под общ. ред. Н. В. Огаркова]. — М. : Военное изд-во М-ва обороны СССР, 1980. — 693 с. — (Советская военная энциклопедия : [в 8 т.]; 1976—1980, т. 7).

External links

Звезда и смерть командарма Седякина

[1] "Лица Зауралья: СЕДЯКИН Александр Игнатьевич". Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

[sve-2] Радиоконтроль — Тачанка / [под общ. ред. Н. В. Огаркова]. — М. : Военное изд-во М-ва обороны СССР, 1980. — С. 311. — (Советская военная энциклопедия : [в 8 т.] ; 1976—1980, т. 7).

[3] Автобиография // Военно-исторический журнал, 1989. — № 3. — С. 78-81.

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