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Apr 05, 1875 Syzran, Samara Oblast, Russia Died on 20 Aug 1933 (aged 58)
Russian economist (1875-1933)
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About Vasily Boldyrev
- Vasily Georgievich Boldyrev (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ????????; 17 April [O.S.
- 5 April] 1875 – 20 August 1933) was an Imperial Russian army commander.
- He was born in Samara Governorate and fought in the war against the Empire of Japan.
- He participated in World War I.
- After the February Revolution, on 19 April 1917 he was appointed commander of the 43rd Army Corps.
- A Lieutenant General since 29 April 1917, he replaced General Danilov on 9 September 1917 as commander of the 5th Army. In the beginning of August 1918 Boldyrev arrived in Samara, and was elected as one of the 5 members of the Provisional All-Russian Government.
- After the arrival of Admiral Kolchak, he gave up his post and went to Japan on 28 November. He returned to Vladivostok in the beginning of 1920, and became Commander of the land and naval forces of the Far East (08.04 - 12.12.1920).
- In this capacity, he signed the Russian-Japanese agreement for a "neutral zone". He stayed in Vladivostok, and after the capture of the city by the Red Army on 5 November 1922 he was arrested.
- In prison, he declared his willingness to serve the Soviet government.
- In the summer of 1923 he was released.
- After that, he became a teacher and a research assistant at the West-Siberian Institute of Industrial Economic Research. On December 29, 1932 (according to other data in August 1933), he was arrested on suspicion of having contacts with Japanese intelligence, or according to other data, of organizing a counterrevolutionary plot.
- He was shot on 20 August 1933.
