Gaspar Voskanyan

Gaspar Karapetovich Voskanyan (Arabic: Գասպար Կարապետի Ոսկանյան; Russian: Гаспар Карапетович Восканов, romanized: Gaspar Karapetovich Voskanov January 22, 1887 – September 20, 1937) was a Soviet komkor (corps commander). An ethnic Armenian, he was born in Grigoriopol, in the Russian Empire (now in Transnistria, Moldova). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on May 28, 1937, and later executed.

Gaspar Voskanyan
Born	January 22, 1887 Grigoriopol, Tiraspol uezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	September 20, 1937 Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Branch	Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army
Years of service	1908–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1937 (Soviet Union)
Rank	Komkor
Commands	25th Rifle Division 49th Rifle Division 4th Army 12th Army
Battles / wars	World War I Russian Civil War

Awards

Russian Empire:

• Order of St. George, 4th degree

Soviet Union: Order of the Red Banner