Genrich Eiche

Who was Genrich Eiche?

Henrichs Eiche or Genrich Hristoforovich Eiche was a Latvian Soviet military commander, revolutionary, and historian.

He fought in World War I since 1915 and by the end of the war he was a captain. After the October Revolution, in December 1917 Henrichs Eiche joined the Bolsheviks. He headed the 5th Army on the Eastern Front and was appointed as a commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Republic Army. He gained his fame by taking Chita in October 1920.

After the war, Henrichs Eiche headed the Minsk Military District, then he was responsible for the Fergana Military District. From 1924 Eiche worked for the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

He was decorated with two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Lenin, and a number of medals. He wrote several monographs on the Russian Civil War in Siberia.