Boris Gorbachyov

Boris Sergeevich Gorbachyov (Auugst 19, 1892 – July 3, 1937) was a Soviet komkor. He was born in present-day Belarus. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during 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, he was arrested on May 3, 1937 and executed two months later. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated in 1956.