Iona Yakir, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet military commander
Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1896
Place of Birth: Chișinău, Moldova
Date of Death: 12-Jun-1937
Profession: military officer
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Iona Yakir
- Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir (Russian: ???? ???????????? ????; August 3, 1896 – June 12, 1937) was a Red Army commander and one of the world's major military reformers between World War I and World War II.
- He was an early and major military victim of the Great Purge, alongside Mikhail Tukhachevsky.
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