Vitaly Primakov
| Vitaly Markovich Primakov Віталій Маркович Примаков |
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V.M. Primakov
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| Born |
3 December 1897 Semenivka, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 12 June 1937 (aged 39) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union (1922–1937) |
| Years of service | 1918–1937 |
| Rank | Komkor |
| Commands held | Leningrad military district |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Order of the Red Banner (three times) |
Russian SFSR (1918–1922)
Vitaliy Markovich Primakov (Russian: Виталий Маркович Примаков; Ukrainian: Віталій Маркович Примаков) (3 December 1897 – 12 June 1937) was a Soviet military leader, commander of the Red Cossacks corps, and part of the Red Army. He was a close friend of Kotsiubynsky family and a son-in-law of Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky.
Vitaly Primakov was born in 1897 in Semenivka, Chernigov Governorate in a family of a teacher with Ukrainian background. In 1914 he joined the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and was exiled to Siberia for political reasons in 1915.
Primakov was released from exile during February Revolution in 1917. He became a member of Kiev's Bolshevik committee. In August 1917 he was conscripted into the Russian Army. While being a delegate of Second Congress of Soviets in Petrograd he was assigned commander of one of the squadrons participating in the assault on the Winter Palace. Then he led Red Army squadrons during fights with troops of General Krasnov near Gatchina.
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