Iona Yakir

Iona Yakir

Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir (Russian: Иона Эммануилович Якир; August 3, 1896, Kishinev, Bessarabia, Russian Empire – June 11, 1937, Moscow, Soviet Union) was the Red Army commander and one of the world's major military reformers between World War I and World War II.

Read more about Iona Yakir:  Early Years, In The Civil War, Military Reformer, Political Involvements, Trial and Death, Yakir's Legacy

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