Aleksandr Loktionov

Military Person

1893 – 1941

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Who was Aleksandr Loktionov?

Aleksandr Dmitrievich Loktionov was a Soviet general.

From 1937 to 1939, he was commander of the Soviet Air Force and member of the Communist Party. In July 1940, after the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States Loktionov was appointed commander of the Special Baltic Military District. In 1941 he was arrested on fabricated charges in the context of the case of Grigori Shtern, together with several other high officers. When the invasion of the Soviet Union started he was moved from a local NKVD prison to the Kuybyshev prison, where he was shot without trial. He was eventually rehabilitated in 1955.

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Born
1893
Also known as
  • Локтионов, Александр Дмитриевич
Died
1941

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on July 23, 2013

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