Georgy Bazilevich

Georgy Dmitrievich Bazilevich (26 January 1889 – 3 March 1939) was a Soviet komkor (corps commander).

Georgy Dmitrievich Bazilevich was born on 26 January 1889 in the village of Kriski, Novgorod-Seversky district, Chernigov Governorate into a peasant family.

During the First World War, he fought as part of the 211th Nikolsky Infantry Regiment on the South-Western Front, where he commanded a company and a battalion.

After the February Revolution, Lieutenant Colonel Bazilevich was elected to the post of deputy chairman of the executive committee of the Special Army.

In October 1917 he joined the Bolshevik fraction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ("RSDLP(b)"), and from March 1918 he served in the ranks of the Red Army.

In 1919, after a serious injury and illness, Bazilevich was appointed to the post of head of the 2nd Moscow Infantry Courses.

While in this position, Bazilevich led the liquidation of the expeditionary force under the command of General Wrangel near the village of Kushchevskaya.

From the end of 1920 to 1921, Bazilevich served as Chief Supply Officer of the Red Army - Chairman of the RVSR Stock Commission.