Jukums Vācietis Military person

Jukums Vācietis (November 11, 1873 – July 28, 1938) (Russian: Иоаким Иоакимович Вацетис, Ioakim Ioakimovich Vatsetis) was a Latvian Soviet military commander. He was a rare example of notable Soviet leaders who were not members of the Communist Party (nor of any other one).

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Jukums Vācietis
Birth dateNovember 11, 1873
Birth place
Latvia , Russian Empire
Date of deathJuly 28, 1938
Place of death
Soviet Union

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Military person

allegiance
Soviet Union
Russian Empire (to 1918)
military operations
Russian Civil War
World War I
service start1891
service end1938

Jukums Vācietis on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://web.archive.org/web/20051214035158/http:/www.la.lv/dati/vacietis.pdf
  2. http://www.la.lv/dati/vacietis.pdf
  3. http://zagarins.net/JG/jg76/JG76-90_Germanis.htm