Yuri Aplok

Yuri Yuryevich Aplok (Juris Aploks; April 21, 1893 – April 2, 1938) was an ethnic Latvian Soviet Komdiv (division commander). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner (1928) and the Order of the Red Star. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on December 18, 1937, sentenced to death by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union on April 1, 1938 and executed the next day.