Gaspar Voskanyan

Gaspar Karapetovich Voskanyan was a Soviet komkor.
An ethnic Armenian, Voskanyan was born in Grigoriopol, in the Russian Empire. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I. After the 1917 Revolution he was elected commander of his regiment but joined the Red Army in July 1918 and the Russian Communist Party in 1919. During the Civil War Voskanyan commanded the Samara Rifle Division from 25 November to 1918 to February 1919. After being badly wounded he returned to service in June 1919 as commander of the 49th Rifle Division, returning to the 25th Division on 26 September after its commander was killed. He became commander of the 4th Red Army on 8 October, commander of the 2nd Labour Army in April 1920 and commander of the 12th Red Army on 10 June. Voskanyan was twice awarded the Order of the Red Banner for actions fighting the White Volunteer Army. Voskanyan became commander of the 2nd Reserve Division in 1921, commander of the 6th Rifle Division in 1923 and was assistant inspector of infantry from 1924. In 1925 he was appointed assistant commander of the Turkestan Front and in 1926 was military attaché at the Soviet mission in Finland, later filling the same role in Turkey.
During the Great Purge, he was arrested on May 28, 1937, and later executed.

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