Ivan Yakovlevich Strod (April 10, 1894 – February 4, 1938) was a hero of the Russian Civil War

Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...

 in the Russian Far East

Russian Far East

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 from 1918 to 1923.

Ivan Strod was born in Ludza

Ludza

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 into the medical attendant's Latvian

Latvians

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 family. He participated in World War I

World War I

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 and was awarded with four Soldier St. George Crosses

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 and became a praporshik. Ivan Strod volunteered the Red Army

Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...

 in 1918 fighting against the Whites in Siberia

Siberia

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. From November 1918 to December 1919 he was in the Olyokminsk prison. After the release, Ivan Strod headed the Volunteer Revolutionary Detachment. In October 1920 he was a commander of a cavalry detachment of the People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic

Far Eastern Republic

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He was in charge of defeating a White general Anatoly Pepelyayev

Anatoly Pepelyayev

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 during the Yakut Revolt

Yakut Revolt

The Yakut Revolt or the Yakut Expedition was the last episode of the Russian Civil War. The hostilities took place between September 1921 and June 1923 and were centred on the Ayano-Maysky District of the Russian Far East.A formidable rising flared up in this part of Yakutia in September 1921...

. Ivan Strod was awarded with three Orders of the Red Banner

Order of the Red Banner

The Soviet government of Russia established the Order of the Red Banner , a military decoration, on September 16, 1918 during the Russian Civil War...

. In 1927 he was retired because of his health state. Ivan Strod worked for Osoaviakhim works in Tomsk

Tomsk

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. He was executed during the Great Purge

Great Purge

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