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Gaspar Voskanyan
BornJanuary 22, 1887
Grigoriopol, Tiraspol uezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedSeptember 20, 1937
Moscow, Soviet Union
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Years of service1908–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1937 (Soviet Union)
RankKomkor
Commands held25th Rifle Division
49th Rifle Division
4th Army
12th Army
Battles/warsWorld War I
Russian Civil War

Gaspar Karapetovich Voskanyan (Arabic: Գասպար Կարապետի Ոսկանյան; Russian: Гаспар Карапетович Восканов, romanizedGaspar Karapetovich Voskanov January 22, 1887 – September 20, 1937) was an Soviet komkor (corps commander). An ethnic Armenian, he was born in Grigoriopol, in the Russian Empire (now in Transnistria, Moldova). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on May 28, 1937, and later executed.

Awards

Russian Empire:

Soviet Union: Order of the Red Banner

References

Preceded by Commander of the Red Army 25th Rifle Division November 29, 1918 – February 5, 1919 Succeeded by Preceded byPavel Dybenko Commander of the Soviet 6th Rifle Corps 1923–1924 Succeeded byKonstantin Avksentevsky