Jānis Lācis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jānis Lācis

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1897

Place of Birth: Jaunpiebalga Parish, Jaunpiebalga Municipality, Latvia

Date of Death: 10-Mar-1937

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Janis Lacis (Russian: ?? ?´????? ??´???, Yan Yanovich Latsis; February 20, 1897 – March 10, 1937) was a Latvian Riflemen, later Soviet division commander and Komkor (corps commander).
Stucka fought in the 4th Vidzeme 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 Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner.
From 1932 to 1937, he commanded the troops guarding the railways of Siberia and the Far East.
He was simultaneously a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
He died of an illness in Khabarovsk.
He is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.