Ilya Garkavy

Ilya Ivanovich Garkavy (Russian: Илья Иванович Гарькавый; Ukrainian: Ілля Іванович Гаркавий; 1888–1937) was a Soviet komkor (corps commander) and organizer of Red Guards detachments in Tiraspol.

He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent Civil War.

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

During the Great Purge, he was arrested on March 11, 1937 alongside fellow komkor Matvei Vasilenko.

Both were later executed.