Kirill Stutzka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian military officer in Latvia
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Place of Birth: Livonia Governorate
About Kirill Stutzka
- Kirils Stucka (Russian: ?????? ????????? ??????, Kirill Andreevich Stutzka; 1890–1938) was officer of Latvian Riflemen, later Soviet komkor.
- He was born Stameriena Parish, Governorate of Livonia.
- Stucka fought in the 3rd Courland Latvian Riflemen Regiment of the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war.
- He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner.
- During the Great Purge, as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", Stucka was arrested on November 29, 1937 and later executed and buried at the Levashovo Memorial Cemetery.
- After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated in 1956.
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