(en) Epifan Iovich Kovtiukh
Military officer, Staff Captain of the Imperial Russian Army, Corps Commander (Komkor) of the Red Army, veteran of World War I and the Russian Civil War, military strategist
- Occupation
Military officer, Staff Captain of the Imperial Russian Army, Corps Commander (Komkor) of the Red Army, veteran of World War I and the Russian Civil War, military strategist
- Date of birth
21 May 1890
- Date of death
28 July 1938 (48 years)
- Citizenship
Russian Empire (until 1917),
Soviet Russia / USSR (by historical context)
- Place of Birth
Village of Bolshaya Kondratovka, Kherson Governorate (now Veselynove District, Mykolaiv Region, Ukraine)
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Village of Baturyno, Kherson Governorate (later known as Vysunsk, Mykolaiv Region, Ukrainian SSR)
- Cause of death
Executed under false accusations during the Stalinist repressions
- A place of death
Moscow, USSR (Butyrka Prison)
- Burial place
Kommunarka, NKVD special site, Moscow Region (memorial necropolis)
- Education
Military training:
Imperial Army Officers School (1916);
Red Army Military Academy (1922);
Advanced Command Courses (1928);
Courses at the Military-Political Academy (1930)
- Place of work
Red Army — commanded divisions and corps during the Civil War and throughout the 1930s
Epifan Iovich Kovtiukh (1890–1938)
A Komkor, a hero of the Russian Civil War, and a man whose name has been carefully passed down through generations.
Born into a peasant family on May 21, 1890, in the south of the Russian Empire, he rose from a staff captain in the Imperial Army during World War I to one of the most respected commanders in the Red Army. He was known as a skilled strategist and a principled leader, fully committed to service.
In 1938, during the height of the Great Terror, he was arrested and executed on false charges. In 1956, he was posthumously rehabilitated.
We preserve the memory of Epifan Kovtiukh’s tragic fate.
In our family, he remains forever as the one who saved our lineage — but could not save himself.
This page is a step in restoring his name to the place of honor it deserves.
Alt-text:
A black-and-white retouched portrait of Epifan Iovich Kovtiukh in military uniform with three medals. His gaze is solemn and strong.
“His name passes through our family from lips to lips. He saved our family. But himself — he could not.”
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Anna Pivtorak (Kostyuk)
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10.05.2025
