Max Andreyevich Reyter (Russian: Макс Андреевич Рейтер; Latvian: Mārtiņš Reiters; 24 April 1886 [O.S.

Promoted to colonel-general in 1943, he headed the South Ural Military District September 1943 to July 1945.

Max Andreyevich Reyter was born to peasant Latvian parents in Sirgen, Kreis Windau, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (in present-day Ziras, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia) on 24 April [O.S.

In 1929 he participated in the battles of the Chinese-Eastern Railway to the Zhang Xueliang's troops of Republic of China.

He headed the Vystrel senior officers course (from Выстрел, Russian for shot) of the Soviet Army from 1946 to January 1950.