Sultan Klych-Girey

Sultan Klych-Girey
Sultan Klych-Girey
	Klych-Girey at the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union, 1947
Native name	Султан Клыщ Кӏэрый
Born	15 March 1880; Maykop or Ulyap, Russian Empire
Died	17 January 1947 (aged 66); Lefortovo Prison, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union;
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Allegiance	Russian Empire; Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus; White movement; Nazi Germany Kosakenland; ;
Service years	1897–1920; 1941–1945
Rank	Major general
Unit	Caucasian Native Cavalry Division; Volunteer Army; Kosakenlager;
Commands	North Caucasian and Mountain-Caucasian legions
Conflicts	Russian Revolution of 1905; World War I; Kornilov affair; Russian Civil War Ice March; Evacuation of the Crimea; ; World War II World War II in Yugoslavia; Battle of the Caucasus; Italian campaign; ;
Relations	Giray dynasty

Sultan Shakhanovich Klych-Girey (Russian: Султа́н Шаха́нович Клыч-Гире́й; Adyghe: Султан Клыщ Кӏэрый, romanized: Sultan Klˢʼəś K'ɛrəj; 15 March 1880 – 17 January 1947) was a Russian and Circassian general of Crimean Tatar descent. A career military officer, Klych-Girey participated in the suppression of Russian Revolution of 1905, fought in World War I and the Russian Civil War for the Russian Empire and White movement before becoming a supporter of Circassian nationalism as a White émigré. During World War II, he collaborated with Nazi Germany and served in Cossack collaborationist units, for which he was repatriated to the Soviet Union and executed by hanging in 1947.