Leonid Veyner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Leonid Veyner

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1897

Place of Birth: Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 26-Nov-1937

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Leonid Veyner

  • Leonid Jakovlevich Veyner (17 March 1897 – 26 November 1937) was a Soviet general, born in Horlivka, who was given the rank of Komkor on 21 November 1935.
  • He served in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I and in the Soviet Red Army in the Russian Civil War.
  • He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of the Red Star (1934).
  • During the Great Purge, he was arrested on 15 August 1937 and later executed in Mariupol.
  • After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated.

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