Vasily Pavlovich Glagolev

Vasily Pavlovich Glagolev (Russian: Василий Павлович Глаголев; 23 May 1883 – 14 March 1938) was a Red Army commander.

Vasily Pavlovich Glagolev
Born	23 May 1883 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	14 March 1938 (1938-03-15) (aged 54) Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Far Eastern Republic Soviet Union
Years of service	1900–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1920 (RSFSR) 1920 (Far Eastern Republic) 1920–1938 (Soviet Union)
Rank	Kombrig
Commands	38th Infantry Regiment (Russian Empire) 9th Rifle Division 11th Cavalry Division 12th Cavalry Division 16th Army 10th Army 6th Army

He served as a staff officer in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I and defected to the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution. He fought for them against the White movement in the subsequent civil war. He was made a brigade commander on 13 December 1935, with the reintroduction of military ranks.

During the Great Purge, he was arrested on 11 December 1937, and executed the following year.

Dates of rank

• Podporuchik 1903
• Poruchik (13 August 1905)
• Stabskapitan (30 April 1909)
• Kapitan 1911/1912
• Podpolkovnik
• Polkovnik (1916)