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    Jukums Vācietis (Russian: Иоаким Иоакимович Вацетис, romanized: Ioakim Ioakimovich Vatsetis; 23 November [O.S. 11 November] 1873 – 28 July 1938) was a...
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    Lenin doubted the loyalty of the commander of the Latvian Riflemen, Jukums Vācietis, and expressed his readiness to “accept his services” only by assigning...
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  • Vācietis (feminine: Vāciete) is a Latvian ethnonymic surname literally meaning "German person". Notable people with the surname include: Jukums Vācietis...
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    Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1918. In July 1919, Kamenev replaced Jukums Vācietis as Commander-in-chief of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War...
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    against the intentions of the commander-in-chief of the Red Army Jukums Vācietis. However, the transfer of troops was stopped in the last days of March...
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    The first chairman was Trotsky, and the first commander-in-chief was Jukums Vācietis of the Latvian Riflemen; in July 1919 he was replaced by Sergey Kamenev...
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    military recognition of that time: the Honorable Red Flag of VTsIK. Jukums Vācietis, formerly a colonel in the Latvian Rifles became the first commander-in-chief...
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    February 12 that order was updated to include the Bug river. On that day Jukums Vācietis ordered the new Western Command to carry out a "reconnaissance in-depth"...
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    Russia was established by the secret order signed on 5 November 1918 by Jukums Vācietis, the first commander-in-chief of the Red Army (RKKA), and by Ephraim...
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    Leon Trotsky (then the civilian leader of the Red Army), signed by Jukums Vācietis, the first commander-in-chief of the Red Army (RKKA), and by Ephraim...
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    reorganization of the entire Red Army, coordinated by its commander-in-chief Jukums Vācietis and the military commissar Leon Trotsky, the Red forces in Tsaritsyn...
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    Ukraine Buryat-Mongolia Mongolia Commanders and leaders Leon Trotsky Jukums Vācietis Sergey Kamenev Mikhail Muravyov † Mikhail Tukhachevsky Mikhail Frunze...
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    Manera Konstantinos Nider Ernest Broșteanu Vladimir Lenin Leon Trotsky Jukums Vācietis Sergey Kamenev Pavel Dybenko Nikolai Krylenko Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko...
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    Revvoyensoviet was Leon Trotsky, with Latvian rifleman Jukums Vācietis as his commander-in-chief. Vācietis was replaced in July 1919 by Sergei Kamenev who served...
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    became more complicated. On April 23, the leader of the Red Army, Jukums Vācietis informed Vladimir Lenin that the decisive battles were on the eastern...
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    Reds mobilized one hundred thousand new soldiers and adopted the Trotsky-Vācietis strategy with the Ninth and Tenth armies forming V. I. Shorin's Southeastern...
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    Unszlicht Maksim Unt Semyon Uritsky Aleksandr Uspensky Leonid Ustrugov Jukums Vācietis Yakov Yakovlev Yefim Yevdokimov Konstantin Yurenev Leonid Zakovsky...
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    Force Supported by: White Movement Commanders and leaders Leon Trotsky Jukums Vācietis Sergey Kamenev Mikhail Muravyov † Alexander Samoylo Vasily Blyukher...
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    Johan Laidoner Jaan Soots Nikolai Yudenich Vladimir Lenin Leon Trotsky Jukums Vācietis Sergey Kamenev Dmitry Nadyozhny Vladimir Gittis Rüdiger von der Goltz...
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    Leiko was arrested in December 1937 and executed on 3 February 1938 Jukums Vācietis after his arrest by the NKVD in 1937 Mural displaying images of victims...
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    centers of Mykolaiv and Odesa. As the commander-in-chief of the Red Army Jukums Vācietis adopted the Antonov-Ovseenko plan without amendments, he decided that...
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     Canada China  France Mongolia Commanders and leaders Leon Trotsky Jukums Vācietis Sergey Kamenev Mikhail Tukhachevsky Mikhail Frunze Vasily Chapayev...
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    In October 1918, disagreements with the Soviet commander-in-chief Jukums Vācietis caused Svechin to be removed from his position and to be appointed...
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    commander-in-chief was restored, filled by the commander of the Latvian Riflemen, Jukums Vācietis, who had formerly led the Eastern Front against the Czechoslovak Legions...
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    Commander-in-Chief Took office Left office Time in office 1 Vācietis, JukumsKomandarm 2nd rank Jukums Vācietis (1873–1938) 6 September 1918 8 July 1919 305 days...
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    Какурин, И.И.Вацетис "Гражданская война. 1918-1921" (N.E.Kakurin, I.I.Vacietis "Civil War. 1918-1921") - Sankt-Peterburg, "Polygon" Publishing House,...
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  • Antonov-Ovseyenko Nikolai Podvoisky Pavel Dybenko Nikolai Krylenko Jukums Vācietis Sergey Kamenev Alexander Svechin Mikhail Bonch-Bruyevich Nikolay Rattel...
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    clashes with the newly formed Red Army and Red Latvian riflemen under Jukums Vācietis. After sporadic fighting in late January, on January 31 Dowbor-Muśnicki's...
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     France and others Commanders and leaders H. von Eichhorn Max Hoffmann Vladimir Lenin Jukums Vācietis Ernst Põdder Jānis Balodis Silvestras Žukauskas...
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    Rudzutaks) Ivan Strod (Jānis Strods) Kirill Stutzka (Kirils Stucka) Jukums Vācietis Leonid Zakovsky (Leonīds Zakovskis) Estonian Operation of the NKVD...
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