Alexander Nikonov

Alexander Matveevich Nikonov (31 August 1893 – 26 October 1937) was a Soviet komdiv (division commander). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in February 1917 and serving in the Red Army durimg the subsequent Civil War.

Alexander Nikonov
Born31 August 1893
Olonets Governorate, Russian Empire
Died26 October 1937 (1937-10-27) (aged 44)
Moscow Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
RankKomdiv
Battles/warsWorld War I
Russian Civil War

He was executed during the Great Purge.

Preceded by
Yan Karlovich Berzin
Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Soviet Union
August 1937
Succeeded by
Semyon Gendin

Bibliography

  • Горчаков О. А. (2004). Ян Берзин — командарм ГРУ. Санкт-Петербург: Нева.
  • Черушев Н. С.; Черушев Ю. Н. (2012), Расстрелянная элита РККА (командармы 1-го и 2-го рангов, комкоры, комдивы и им равные): 1937—1941. Биографический словарь [Shot elite of the Red Army (commanders of the 1st and 2nd ranks, comkors, divisional commanders and their equal): 1937-1941. Biographical Dictionary], Moscow: Kuchkovo field; Metropolis [Кучково поле; Мегаполис], pp. 252–253, ISBN 978-5-9950-0217-8
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