About Kirils Stucka
Lived 1890 – 1938 (aged 47). Kirils Stucka was a Latvian military officer.
Kirils Stucka (, Kirill Andreevich Stutzka; 14 May 1890 – 17 January 1938) was an officer of the Latvian Riflemen, later Soviet komkor.
He was born in Stāmeriena Parish, Governorate of Livonia. Stucka fought in the 3rd Courland Latvian Riflemen Regiment of the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner.
During the Great Purge, as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", Stucka was arrested on November 29, 1937, and later executed and buried at the Levashovo Memorial Cemetery. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated in 1956.
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Latvian military personnel (1890-1938)
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Kirils Stucka was born on 14 May 1890 in Livonia Governorate.
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Kirils Stucka died on 17 January 1938 in Saint Petersburg.
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Kirils Stucka was a military officer.
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Kirils Stucka was Latvian.
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