Grigory Kotovsky
Grigory Kotovsky | |
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| Born | June 24, 1881 |
| Died | August 6, 1925 (aged 44) Chebanka Village, near Odessa, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Soviet Russia (1918–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1925) |
| Branch | Red Army |
| Service years | 1918–1925 |
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| Conflicts | Russian Civil War |
| Awards | Order of the Red Banner (3) |
Grigory Ivanovich Kotovsky (Russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Кото́вский, Ukrainian: Григорій Котовський, Romanian: Grigore Kotovski; June 24 [O.S. June 12] 1881 – August 6, 1925) was a Soviet military officer and political activist, and participant in the Russian Civil War. He made a career from being a gangster and bank robber to eventually becoming a Red Army commander and member of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.