Grigori Shtern

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Grigori Mihailovich Shtern
Grigori Mihailovich Shtern
Born	(1900-07-24)July 24, 1900 Smila, Russian Empire
Died	October 28, 1941(1941-10-28) (aged 41)
Allegiance	Soviet Union (1922–1941)
Service/branch	Red Army
Years of service	1919 - 1941
Rank	Colonel General
Commands held	1st Red Banner Army Far Eastern Front 8th Army
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War, Battle of Lake Khasan, Battle of Khalkhin Gol (Nomonhan), Winter War
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union among others

Grigori Mihailovich Shtern (Russian: Григорий Михайлович Штерн, 24 July (6 August) 1900, Smila, Kiev Governorate – 28 October 1941) was a Soviet officer in the Red Army and military advisor during the Spanish Civil War. He also served with distinction during the Soviet-Japanese Border Wars and the Winter War.^[1]

Career

Shtern was born into a Jewish family in Smila, Kiev Governorate in 1900. He started his military career as a Commissar of a Red Army brigade in 1919, the same year he joined the Bolshevik Party. Shtern graduated from the Military Academy of the Red Army in 1929 and was working for the People's Commissariat for Military Affairs. He was appointed as the Commander of the 7th Cavalry Division in 1936. Shtern was a Military Advisor in the Spanish Civil War between January 1937 to April 1938.^[1]

G. Shtern, Khorloogiin Choibalsan and Georgy Zhukov at Khalkhin Gol

Shtern commanded the Battle of Lake Khasan as the Chief of Staff of Far Eastern Front in 1938. He commanded the Battle of Khalkhin Gol in July 1939. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union in 29 August 1939. It is important to consider the fact that the battle currently is being associated only with Georgy Zhukov who commanded a division and, thus, was under the command of Shtern who was in charge of the front-line.

During the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, Shtern was appointed as the Commander of the 8th Army on 12 December 1939. After the Winter War, the Red Army restored old military rankings. Shtern was promoted to Colonel General on the 5 June 1940. He was appointed as the Commander of the Far Eastern Front on 22 June 1940.^[1]

Shtern was arrested on 7 June 1941 during a new purge of the Red Army, and "confessed" under torture that he had since 1931 belonged to a Trotskyist conspiracy within the Red Army and that he was a German spy. He was shot without trial on 28 October 1941. Shtern was rehabilated in August 1954.^[1]

References

Citations

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kilin and Raunio 2007, p. 113

Bibliography

Kilin, Juri; Raunio, Ari (2007). Talvisodan taisteluja (in Finnish). Karttakeskus. p. 322. ISBN 978-951-593-068-2.

External links

Authority control	VIAF: 21698170

Persondata
Name	Shtern, Grigori Mihailovich
Alternative names
Short description	Soviet general
Date of birth	24 July 1900
Place of birth	Smila, Russian Empire
Date of death	28 October 1941
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.