Eduard Lepin

Eduard Davydovich Lepin (Russian: Эдуа́рд Давы́дович Ле́пин, Latvian: Eduards Liepiņš; 1889 – 22 August 1938) was a Soviet division commander and Komkor of Latvian ethnicity.

He fought in the Russian Civil War against the White movement.

Lepin was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner.

During the Great Purge, as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", Lepin was arrested on 2 December 1937 and shot at the Kommunarka shooting ground on 22 August 1938.

In 1956, after the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated.