Sergey Kamenev

Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev

Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Ка́менев; April 4 (16), 1881  – August 25, 1936), was a Soviet military leader with the Komandarm 1st rank.

Kamenev was born in Kiev. In World War I he commanded a regiment. He became a member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1930. He was a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR from April 1924 to May 1927. He died in Moscow and is buried in the Red Square near the Kremlin Wall.

Military career

Decorations

Military offices
Preceded by
Mikhail Frunze
Chief of the Staff of the Red Army
January 1925 - November 1925
Succeeded by
Mikhail Tukhachevsky


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