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Nikolai Dmitrievich Kashirin
Kashirin
Born 1888
Died June 14, 1938
Place of birth Verkhneuralsk, Orenburg Governorate, Russian Empire
Place of death Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Years of service 1906–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1937 (Soviet Union)
Rank Komandarm 2nd rank

Nikolai Dmitrievich Kashirin (February 16, 1888 – June 14, 1938) was a Soviet Komandarm 2nd rank. He fought for the Imperial Russian Army in World War I, receiving the Order of Saint Vladimir and the Order of Saint Anna. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner. He was one of the judges at the trial of Marshal of the Soviet Union Mikhail Tukhachevsky in the Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization in June 1937. Kashirin was himself arrested on August 19, 1937 and later executed. His younger brother, Ivan, was arrested on June 20/21, 1937 and executed on September 20, 1937.

Preceded by
Ivan Panfilovich Belov
Commander of the North Caucasus Military District
1931–1937
Succeeded by
Sergei Efimovich Gribov

Bibliography[]

  • Краснознамённый Киевский. Очерки истории Краснознамённого Киевского военного округа (1919–1979). Издание второе, исправленное и дополненное. Киев, издательство политической литературы Украины. 1979.
  • Апрелков А.В. Командарм 2-го ранга Н.Д. Каширин//«Военно-исторический журнал», 1988, № 2. - Стр.48-52.

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