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Eduard Davydovich Lepin
Born1889
Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died22 August 1938
Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union
Service/branchSoviet Red Army
RankKomkor
Commands held15th Rifle Division
35th Rifle Division
13th Rifle Corps
Battles/warsRussian Civil War

Eduard Davydovich Lepin (Russian: Эдуард Давыдович Лепин, Latvian: Eduards Liepiņš; 1889 – 22 August 1938) was a Soviet division commander and Komkor of Latvian ethnicity. He fought in the Russian Civil War against the White movement. Lepin was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner.

During the Great Purge, as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", Lepin was arrested on 2 December 1937 and shot at the Kommunarka shooting ground on 22 August 1938. In 1956, after the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated.

Preceded byAlexander Sedyakin Commander of the 15th Rifle Division June–July 1920 Succeeded byPyotr Solodukhin Preceded byKasyan Chaykovsky Commander of the 35th Rifle Division 1924–1925 Succeeded byAnatoly Tarasov Preceded byIvan Fedko Commander of the 13th Rifle Corps 1925–1930 Succeeded byVitaly Primakov
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