Max Reyter
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Max Andreyevich Reyter (Russian: Макс Андреевич Рейтер, Latvian: Mārtiņš Reiters; 24 April 1886 [O.S. 12 April] – 6 April 1950)[a 1] was an Imperial Russian and Soviet military officer of Latvian origin.
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Andreyevich and the family name is Reyter.
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Born | 24 April [O.S. 12 April] 1886 Sirgen, Kreis Windau, Courland Governorate Russian Empire (in present-day Ziras, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia) |
Died | 6 April 1950(1950-04-06) (aged 63) Moscow, Russian SFSR Soviet Union |
Allegiance | Russian Empire (1906–1917) Soviet Russia (1919–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1950) |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Red Army / Soviet Army |
Years of service | 1906–1917 1919–1950 |
Rank | Colonel-general |
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A lieutenant-general in the Red Army at the time of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Reyter was a commander of the 20th Army and the commander-in-chief for the Bryansk Front in 1942–1943. Promoted to colonel-general in 1943, he headed the South Ural Military District September 1943 to July 1945.