Vladimir Mikhailovich Kruse (1893-1919) - officer of the Russian imperial army , commander of the 11th army of the Red Army .
| Vladimir Mikhailovich Kruse | ||
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| Date of Birth | ||
| Place of Birth | Russian empire | |
| Date of death | ||
| Place of death | RSFSR | |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire  RSFSR | |
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Biography
He was educated at the Vilna Military School (1914), and was promoted to second lieutenant in the 20th Turkestan Rifle Regiment. Had injuries and rewards. Headquarters Captain . In the Red Army. Military leader of the Astrakhan Provincial Military Commissariat since September 1918, commander of the 11th Army of the Caspian-Caucasian Front from November 30, 1918 to January 3, 1919 . Without warning the headquarters, he left the army in a difficult situation, the situation of which he considered hopeless [1] , flew by plane to Astrakhan (according to other sources, to Kazan) and resigned from the post of army commander. As a result, at a difficult moment in preparation for the offensive, the 11th Army was left without leadership. Then the 11th Army Infantry Inspector, head of the army organization department of the General Headquarters. The new commander was appointed chief of the operational intelligence department of the army M.K. Lewandowski . According to some information, he died in 1919, according to other sources - a personal pensioner of republican significance [2] .
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Literature
- Solomin N.I. Legend of the commander (about the commander of the 2nd rank M.K. Lewandowski). . - M .: Politizdat, 1989 .-- 143 p.: Ill. with. - 200,000 copies. - ISBN 5-2500-0438-5.