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Vasily Blyukher
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Soviet marshal (1889–1938)
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Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher was a male military officer and politician who served in the Imperial Russian Army and the Red Army. He held the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union and was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, and the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolshevik). His political affiliations included the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the All-Russian Central Executive Committee.
Blyukher participated in World War I, the Russian Civil War, the Chinese Civil War, and the Sino-Soviet conflict. He received the Order of the Red Star, the Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army", the George Medal, and the Order of the Red Banner. He was educated at a church school and spoke Russian.
He died of natural causes due to thrombosis in Moscow on November 9, 1938. His recorded birth dates are November 19, 1889, and November 19, 1890. He was detained at Lefortovo Prison and participated in the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party.
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,989x
- A method and server for predicting damaging missense mutations
· 2010 · cited 11,748x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,020x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,195x
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Quotes
- “War as a whole, and each operation taken separately, are first of all mathematics and calculations.”
- “War is not included in the Second Five-Year Plan.”
- “A shark has appeared and he wants to devour me. Either he devours me or I eat him. The latter is very unlikely.”
- “What dirt, what bitterness, what meanness...”
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Key facts
- Nickname
- Red Napoleon
- Born
- Vasily Konstantinovich Gurov , ( 1889-12-01 ) 1 December 1889, Barschinka , Russian Empire
- Died
- 9 November 1938 (1938-11-09) (aged 48), Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Buried
- Donskoi Cemetery
- Allegiance
- Russian Empire (1914–1915) , Soviet Russia / Soviet Union (1917–1938)
- Branch
- Russian Imperial Army , Red Army
- Service years
- 1914–1915, 1917–1938
- Commands
- Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army
- Conflicts
- First World War Russian Civil War Sino-Soviet conflict Soviet–Japanese Border Wars Battle of Lake Khasan
- Awards
- Order of Lenin (2), Order of the Red Banner (4), Order of the Red Star
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vasily
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- church school
- Political party
- Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolshevik)
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party
- Conflict
- Battle of Lake Khasan
- Military branch
- Red Army
- Military rank
- Private
- Image
- Vasily Blyukher, 1919.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher
- date of birth
- 1890-11-19
- date of death
- 1938-11-09
- place of detention
- Lefortovo Prison
- manner of death
- natural causes
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- cause of death
- thrombosis
- start of work period
- 1914-00-00
- name in native language
- Васи́лий Константи́нович Блю́хер
- end of work period
- 1938-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher (Russian: Васи́лий Константи́нович Блю́хер, romanized: Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher; 1 December 1889 – 9 November 1938) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.
In 1938, Blyukher was arrested during the period of military purges under Joseph Stalin for spying. He was tortured and blinded by Lavrentiy Beria and his men before succumbing to his injuries. His body was then incinerated on the orders of Stalin.
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