Johannes Raudmets

Johannes Raudmets (also known as Ivan Ivanovich Raudmets) (January 1, 1892 – September 9, 1937) was an Estonian Soviet Komdiv (division commander). 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, he was arrested on June 11, 1937 and later executed. Some sources give the date of his execution as August 25, 1937. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated in 1966.[1]

Johannes Raudmets
Born	January 1, 1892 Kirna, Järva County, Estonia, Russian Empire
Died	September 9, 1937 Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army
Rank	Komdiv
Commands held	15th Rifle Division
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War

References

1. "Репрессии в Красной Армии" [Repressed Red Army commanders]. rkka.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2012.

Bibliography

• Гражданская война и военная интервенция в СССР. Энциклопедический справочник, - М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1983.
• Великий Жовтень i громадянська вiйна на Україні. - К., Головна редакція УРЕ, 1987.
• Энциклопедический словарь «Николаевцы, 1789-1999 г.г.», г.Николаев, «Возможности Киммерии», 1999.
• Cherushev, Nikolai Semyonovich; Cherushev, Yury Nikolaevich (2012). Расстрелянная элита РККА (командармы 1-го и 2-го рангов, комкоры, комдивы и им равные): 1937—1941. Биографический словарь [Executed Elite of the Red Army (Komandarms of the 1st and 2nd ranks, Komkors, Komdivs, and equivalents) 1937–1941 Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 9785995002178.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Olev Kenk "Paides teisaldati nõukogudeaegne monument". ERR uudised. 23.02.2007
• Раудмец Иван Иванович (1892–1937.09.09)

Preceded by Pyotr Solodukhin

Commander of the 15th Rifle Division August 1920 – October 1921

Succeeded by Marcian Germanovich