29 Facts About Sergey Kamenev

Sergey Kamenev became a member of the All-Union Communist Party in 1918.

In July 1919, Kamenev replaced Jukums Vacietis as Commander-in-chief of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.

Sergey Kamenev was a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR from April 1924 to May 1927.

Sergey Kamenev died of a heart attack on 25 August 1936 following the Trial of the Sixteen, incidentally on the same day that Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev were executed.

Sergey Kamenev was born in Kiev in a noble family, the son of a mechanical engineer at the Kiev plant "Arsenal", a Colonel of artillery.

Sergey Kamenev dreamed of becoming a surgeon as a child, but ultimately chose a military career.

Sergey Kamenev graduated from the Vladimir Kiev Cadet Corps, the elite Aleksandrovsk Military School and started military service in his native Kiev.

Sergey Kamenev studied the unfortunate experience of the participation of the Russian army in the war with Japan.

Sergey Kamenev went to the front of the First World War in the rank of captain.

Sergey Kamenev served as a senior aide to the operational department of the 1st Army, commanded the 30th Poltava Infantry Regiment.

Sergey Kamenev held the post of Chief of Staff of the XV Army Corps, Chief of Staff of the 3rd Army.

From April 1918, Sergey Kamenev served in the Western Front, covering the territory of Soviet Russia from the possible resumption of war with Germany.

Sergey Kamenev was noticed and began to be promoted to major posts in the autumn of 1918.

Sergey Kamenev succeeded Jukums Vacietis, who became commander in chief.

Sergey Kamenev led the successful Counteroffensive of Eastern Front that pushed Kolchak east of the Urals.

Sergey Kamenev requested that he be allowed to pursue Kolchak into Siberia, but Trotsky and Vacietis forbade this, fearing an ambush.

Sergey Kamenev became the new commander in chief of all armed forces.

Sergey Kamenev led the fight against the forces of General Anton Denikin, then advancing on Moscow.

Nevertheless, Sergey Kamenev showed great stubbornness in defending his plan, which provided for an offensive through the Don region, where the Reds were most fiercely resisted by the anti-Bolshevik-minded Cossacks.

Sergey Kamenev's plan was opposed by Leon Trotsky, but supported by Vladimir Lenin, who had little understanding of strategic issues.

Sergey Kamenev led the fight against Basmachis, while directly in Turkestan.

An important assessment of Sergey Kamenev was given by War Commissar Leon Trotsky:.

Sergey Kamenev was incomparably easier and easily succumbed to the influence of the Communists who worked with him.

Sergey Kamenev was undoubtedly a capable commander, with strategic imagination and ability to take risks.

Sergey Kamenev was an active supporter of offensive strategy as the only possible way of conducting military operations in the Civil War.

Sergey Kamenev had more rare awards, testifying to his special services to Soviet Russia.

So, in April 1920, Sergey Kamenev was awarded the Golden Weapon of Honor from the Central Executive Committee for victories on the Eastern Front, and in January 1921 received a Mauser pistol of honor with a sign of the Order of the Red Banner on the handle.

Sergey Kamenev was one of the founders of the famous Osoaviakhim, and contributed to the organization of the development of the Arctic as chairman of the government's Arctic Commission.

Sergey Kamenev joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union only in 1930 and, in general, his fate in the Soviet era was successful, unlike dozens of his colleagues.