Yan Gaylit

Yan Petrovich Gaylit (Russian: Ян Петро́вич Га́йлит, Latvian: Jānis Gailītis; May 25, 1894 – August 1, 1938) was a Soviet Komkor of Latvian ethnicity. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", Gaylit was arrested by the NKVD on August 15, 1937 and executed the following year. He was rehabilitated in 1956.

Preceded by Konstantin Neumann	Commander of the 35th Rifle Division August–October 1921	Succeeded by Petr Efimovich Shchetinkin
Preceded by	Commander of the Siberian Military District 1923–1924	Succeeded by Robert Eideman
Preceded by Mikhail Lewandowski	Commander of the Siberian Military District 1933–1937	Succeeded by Pavel Dybenko

Yan Petrovich Gaylit
Born	May 25, 1894 Wolmar, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died	August 1, 1938 Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army
Years of service	1915–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1937 (Soviet Union)
Rank	Komkor
Commands held	35th Rifle Division Siberian Military District
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War

Sources

• Латышские стрелки

Bibliography

• Коллектив авторов, главный редактор С. С. Хромов (1983). Гражданская война и военная интервенция в СССР. М.: Советская Энциклопедия. p. 139.
• Черушев Н. С.; Черушев Ю. Н. (2012), Расстрелянная элита РККА (командармы 1-го и 2-го рангов, комкоры, комдивы и им равные): 1937—1941. Биографический словарь [Shot elite of the Red Army (commanders of the 1st and 2nd ranks, comkors, divisional commanders and their equal): 1937-1941. Biographical Dictionary], Moscow: Kuchkovo field; Metropolis [Кучково поле; Мегаполис], pp. 66–67, ISBN 978-5-9950-0217-8