Maksim Mager

Maksim Petrovich Mager (1897 – October 16, 1941) was a Soviet komkor. He was born in what is now Belarus. He fought in the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin (February 22, 1938) and the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on September 10, 1938 and released on February 9, 1940. He was later re-arrested on April 28, 1941. As part of the Purge of the Red Army in 1941, he was sentenced to death by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union and executed during the Battle of Moscow.