Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky (June 12, 1937), was a Soviet military commander, chief of the Red Army (1925-1928), was one of the most prominent victims of Stalin's Great Purge of the late 1930s. Wikipedia
The reasons behind this episode, including Tukhachevsky's transfer to Leningrad, his activities there, and the reasons for his return to Moscow, have long been shrouded in mystery. www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3955/is_n8_v48/ai_192...
On May 26, 1937, Marshal Tukhachevsky and Commanders Yakir, Uborevich, Eideman, Kork, Putna, Feldman and Primakov were arrested and tried in front of a military tribunal. www.plp.org/books/Stalin/node114.html
Biography Marshal Tukhachevsky was the most important military figure in the Soviet Union before being purged by Joseph Stalin in 1937. www.pwhce.org/rus/tukhachevsky.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Mikhail Tukhachevsky. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Tukhachevsky
