10 Facts About Vitaly Primakov

Vitaly Primakov was a close friend of the Kotsiubynsky family and a son-in-law of Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky.

Vitaly Primakov was born in 1897 in Semenivka, Novozybkovsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate as part of a family with a Russian background.

In October 1920, Vitaly Primakov became the commander of the First Corps of Red Cossacks.

Vitaly Primakov then received his third Order of the Red Banner for fighting the Basmachi movement in Central Asia.

In 1923 Vitaly Primakov graduated in Higher Academic Military Courses at RKKA.

In 1930, Vitaly Primakov was sent to Japan as military attache there.

Vitaly Primakov was arrested on 14 August 1936 as part of Stalin's Great Purge.

Vitaly Primakov was subjected to torture and pleaded guilty of being part of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization and testified against many fellow Soviet military commanders.

Vitaly Primakov was found guilty and sentenced to death on 11 June 1937.

Vitaly Primakov was once married to Oksana Kotsyubynska, the daughter of Mykhailo Kotsyubynsky.