Yan Gamarnik
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Yan Gamarnik | |
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Ян Гамарник | |
16th Orgburo | |
| In office 17 November 1929 – 10 February 1934 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jakov Tzudikovich Gamarnik 14 June [ St Petersburg Psychoneurological Institute |
| Awards | Order of the Red Banner (1928) Order of Lenin (1933) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch/service | Army |
| Years of service | 1919–1937 |
| Rank | Army Commissar of 1st rank |
| Unit | 58th Rifle Division |
| Commands | Army Political Administration (1929–37) |
Yan Gamarnik (birth name Jakov Tzudikovich Gamarnik (
Biography
Gamarnik was born in
He was instrumental in preparing the 10-year development plan for the Far-Eastern region of the
An idealist, Gamarnik was a staunch supporter of Marshal
Family
Gamarnik's sister, Klaudia (born 1905) left school at 14, joined Komsomol in Kyiv in 1921, joined the communist party in 1927, and was working in the prosecutor's office in Moscow when she was expelled from the party on 13 June 1937, arrested on 13 August, and sentenced to eight years in labour camps.[2] Her husband, Andrei Bogomolov, (1902–38), a secretary of the Moscow party committee, was arrested on 17 August 1937, sentenced to death on 25 April 1938, and shot the same day.[3] They had two children, who were aged eight and two in 1937. In 1953, she appealed to have her criminal record removed, but the appeal was turned down on the grounds that she had consorted with 'enemies of the people', inclduing her husband.[2]
Honours and awards
- Order of Lenin (22 February 1933)
- Order of the Red Banner (20 February 1928)
- The town Suchan was named Gamarnik in his honour (1932–1937)
References
- ^ Belarus
- ^ a b Bogomolova, Klaudia. "Заявление К.Б. Богомоловой-Гамарник Н.С. Хрущеву о реабилитации. 20 ноября 1954 г. (Application by K.B.Bogolomova-Gamarnik to N.S.Khrushchev for rehabilitation, 20 November 1954)". Реабилитация: как это было. Документы Президиума ЦК КПСС и другие материалы. Март 1953 — февраль 1956. Международный фонд "демократия" (Moscow). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Богомолов Андрей Николаевич (1902)". Открытый список. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
Sources
- Robert Conquest, ISBN 0-19-505580-2pp 201–202;
- Several versions of Gamarnik biography
- Gamarnik in the Fleet, with photo
- Trotsky about Gamarnik and others
- Profile at Handbook on the history of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898 – 1991
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