Ilya Garkavyi


Ilya Ivanovich Garkavyi was a Soviet komkor and organizer of Red Guards detachments in Tiraspol.
He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on March 11, 1937 alongside fellow komkor Matvei Vasilenko. Both were later executed.