Tikhon Serafimovich Khvesin (Russian: Тихон Серафимович Хвесин; September 21, 1894 – February 10, 1938) was a Soviet military officer and statesman, as well as chairman of the Saratov Regional Executive Committee (1935–1936).
During the Civil War, he commanded many military units: in September–November 1918 - the 4th Army of the Eastern Front, in March–May 1919 - the 8th Army of the Southern Front, in May–June 1919 he led the Expeditionary Group, which suppressed Cossack uprisings on the Don, then was an assistant commander of the Orenburg group of forces and the 1st Army, in 1920 - an assistant commander of the Special Group of Forces of the Turkestan Front, then was transferred to the Polish Front, where he became commander of the Mozyr Group.
[1] In 1921-1923 he was an assistant commander of the Ural Military District, in 1922-1923 he was the head of the Main Directorate of Police,[2] from 1924 he worked in civilian institutions, was chairman of the USSR State Planning Commission.
On September 23, 1937, he was arrested and charged with participation in a counter-revolutionary terrorist organization.
The military collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR on February 8, 1938, sentenced him to death.