About Fotiy Ivanovich Leskin
Lived 1913 – 1970 (aged 56–57). Fotiy Ivanovich Leskin was a Chinese military leader.
Fotiy "Fattey" Ivanovich Leskin (; 1913–1970) was an ethnic Russian military officer born in Xinjiang, China, who commanded units in the East Turkestan National Army of the Second East Turkestan Republic (ETR) and later the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Although he fought for the ETR in the Ili Rebellion, he assisted PLA forces during their 1949 incorporation of Xinjiang into the PRC and subsequently became a major general in the PLA. When his PLA unit was disbanded in 1953, Leskin immigrated to the Soviet Union. He died in Alma-Ata in 1970.
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Who was Fotiy Ivanovich Leskin?
Russian-Chinese military officer
When was Fotiy Ivanovich Leskin born?
Fotiy Ivanovich Leskin was born in 1913 in Yining.
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Fotiy Ivanovich Leskin died in 1970 in Almaty.
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Fotiy Ivanovich Leskin was a military leader.
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Fotiy Ivanovich Leskin was Chinese.
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