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	'''Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky''' ([[Russian language\|Russian]]: Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский; 16 February 1893 – 12 June 1937) was an ~~infamous~~ [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] general, [[Military theory\|military theoretician]], and [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany\|Nazi collaborator]] ~~who served as~~ the first [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] ~~from~~ 20 November 1935 ~~until 11 June 1937~~. Tukhachevsky ~~along with~~ several other high-ranking officers of the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army\|Red Army]] ~~had~~ conspired to ~~murder [[~~Joseph Stalin~~]] and his inner circle~~ and establish a pro-~~[[German Reich (1933–1945)\|~~German]] ~~military dictatorship~~. Their plot was discovered however, and Tukhachevsky was arrested, tried ~~before a~~ [[~~military tribunal~~]] in [[~~Moscow~~]], ~~convicted~~, ~~stripped~~ of ~~his rank~~, and ~~shot~~.		'''Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky''' ([[Russian language\|Russian]]: Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский; 16 February 1893 – 12 June 1937) was an influential [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] general, [[Military theory\|military theoretician]], and [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany\|Nazi collaborator]]. He was the first person to attain the rank of [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] on 20 November 1935. Starting in the 1930s, Tukhachevsky and several other high-ranking officers in the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army\|Red Army]] [[Case of the Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organisation\|conspired to overthrow Joseph Stalin and establish a pro-German military dictatorship over the USSR]]. Their plot was discovered however, and Tukhachevsky was arrested, tried, convicted, stripped of his rank, and shot.

			In 1957, during [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s [[De-Stalinisation\|de-Stalinisation campaign]], Tukhachevsky was [[Rehabilitation (Soviet)\|rehabilitated]] by the [[Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics\|Soviet government]], citing "the lack of [[Corpus delicti\|''corpus delicti'']]." Thus, despite the evidence of Tukhachevsky's guilt, the official narrative of the [[Government of the Russian Federation\|Russian government]] and of [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] historians today is that he was framed.

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==

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	'''Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky''', was a [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] general who served as a [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] from November ~~20,~~ 1935 until ~~his demotion on~~ June ~~11,~~ 1937~~, a day before his execution on June 12~~. Tukhachevsky ~~and~~ several other ~~generals were executed in~~ the [[~~Soviet purges of 1937–1938~~]] ~~due~~ to ~~being part of a conspiracy to assassinate~~ [[Joseph Stalin]] and establish a military dictatorship.		'''Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky''' ([[Russian language\|Russian]]: Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский; 16 February 1893 – 12 June 1937) was an infamous [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] general, [[Military theory\|military theoretician]], and [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany\|Nazi collaborator]] who served as the first [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] from 20 November 1935 until 11 June 1937. Tukhachevsky along with several other high-ranking officers of the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army\|Red Army]] had conspired to murder [[Joseph Stalin]] and his inner circle and establish a pro-[[German Reich (1933–1945)\|German]] military dictatorship. Their plot was discovered however, and Tukhachevsky was arrested, tried before a [[military tribunal]] in [[Moscow]], convicted, stripped of his rank, and shot.

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Tukhachevsky was born to an [[aristocratic]] family on February 16,1893 in Alexandrovskoye, Dorogobuzhsky District in the ~~region of~~ [[Smolensk]] of the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)\|Russian Empire]]. He graduated from the Aleksander Military School in 1914.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|year=1979\|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia\|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Mikhail+Tukhachevsky\|chapter=Tukhachevskii, Mikhail Nikolaevich}}</ref>		Tukhachevsky was born to an [[aristocratic]] family on February 16,1893 in Alexandrovskoye, Dorogobuzhsky District in the [[Smolensk]] region of the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)\|Russian Empire]]. He graduated from the Aleksander Military School in 1914.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|year=1979\|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia\|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Mikhail+Tukhachevsky\|chapter=Tukhachevskii, Mikhail Nikolaevich}}</ref>

	== Military career ==		== Military career ==

	=== First World War ===		=== First World War ===
	When the [[First World War]] began in 1914, Tukhachevsky joined the Russian ~~army~~ and served in the Semyenovsky Guards Regiment as a first lieutenant. Tukhachevsky was taken prisoner by the [[German Empire (1871–1918)\|Germans]] in 1915 but escaped home to Russia in 1917.<ref name=":0" />		When the [[First World War]] began in 1914, Tukhachevsky joined the [[Imperial Russian Army\|Russian Army]] and served in the Semyenovsky Guards Regiment as a first lieutenant. Tukhachevsky was taken prisoner by the [[German Empire (1871–1918)\|Germans]] in 1915 but escaped home to Russia in 1917.<ref name=":0" />

	=== Red Army ===		=== Red Army ===
	Tukhachevsky joined the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army\|Red Army]] in 1918 and became military commissar for ~~defense~~ of the [[Moscow]] region in the same year. During the [[Russian Civil War]] he commanded the First Army of the Eastern Front from June 1918 to January 1919 and the Eighth Army of the Southern Front from January to March 1919. From April to November 1919, Tukhachevsky commanded the Fifth Army of the Eastern Front, carrying out successful joint operations to free the [[Urals]] and [[Siberia]] from the armies of [[Alexander Kolchak]]. He commanded the troops of the Caucasian Front from February to April 1920 during the rout of [[Anton Denikin]]’s forces and commanded the troops of the Western Front from April 1920 to August 1921 in the [[Polish–Soviet War\|Polish''–''Soviet War]]. Tukhachevsky was commander of the Seventh Army ~~when~~ the Kronstadt ~~Anti-Soviet Rebellion was suppressed~~ in March 1921 and commander of the forces in Tambov Region from April to May 1921, when the Antonov revolt was put down.<ref name=":0" />		Tukhachevsky joined the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army\|Red Army]] in 1918 and became military commissar for the defence of the [[Moscow]] region the same year. During the [[Russian Civil War]] he commanded the First Army of the Eastern Front from June 1918 to January 1919 and the Eighth Army of the Southern Front from January to March 1919. From April to November 1919, Tukhachevsky commanded the Fifth Army of the Eastern Front, carrying out successful joint operations to free the [[Urals]] and [[Siberia]] from the armies of [[Alexander Kolchak]]. He commanded the troops of the Caucasian Front from February to April 1920 during the rout of [[Anton Denikin]]’s forces and commanded the troops of the Western Front from April 1920 to August 1921 in the [[Polish–Soviet War\|Polish''–''Soviet War]]. Tukhachevsky was the commander of the Seventh Army that suppressed the [[Kronstadt mutiny\|Kronstadt uprising]] in March 1921 and commander of the forces in Tambov Region from April to May 1921, when the [[Tambov Rebellion\|Antonov revolt]] was put down.<ref name=":0" />

	After the end of the civil war, Tukhachevsky was active in reforming the Red Army and held several military positions throughout the Union, where he applied his military expertise earning him the rank of Marshal in 1935.<ref name=":0" />		After the end of the civil war, Tukhachevsky was active in reforming the Red Army and held several military positions throughout the Union, where he applied his military expertise earning him the rank of Marshal in 1935.<ref name=":0" />

	== Trial ==		== Trial ==
	On ~~the~~ May 22, ~~1937~~ Tukhachevsky was arrested ~~due to~~ the discovery of a plot to ~~assassinate Stalin and~~ overthrow the government~~, placing~~ a military dictatorship sympathetic to [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi Germany]] in its place; over the next few weeks, several more Soviet generals were arrested as well. A trial was held June ~~11,~~ 1937, in which the defendants' guilt was demonstrated ~~unquestionably~~ and ~~a confession~~ retrieved from all eight of the accused. Tukhachevsky and his co-conspirators were convicted and sentenced to execution; on 12 June, 1937, they were shot.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Grover Furr]], Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström\|year=2021\|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy\|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy\|chapter=Introduction – The Tukhachevsky Affair\|section=What Happened}}</ref>		On 22 May 1937, Tukhachevsky was arrested upon the discovery of a plot to overthrow the government and establish a military dictatorship sympathetic to [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi Germany]] in its place; over the next few weeks, several more Soviet generals were arrested as well. A trial was held on 11 June 1937, in which the defendants' guilt was demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt, and confessions were retrieved from all eight of the accused. Tukhachevsky and his co-conspirators were convicted and sentenced to execution; on 12 June, 1937, they were shot.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Grover Furr]], Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström\|year=2021\|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy\|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy\|chapter=Introduction – The Tukhachevsky Affair\|section=What Happened}}</ref>

	== Legacy ==		== Legacy ==
	After the ascension of the [[Revisionism\|revisionist]] [[Nikita Khrushchev]] to the role of ~~General~~ Secretary, he enacted a policy of "[[Destalinisation]]", and as a part of this he whitewashed the reputation of Tukhachevsky, declaring him innocent (despite a lack of evidence) and restoring the rank of Marshal ~~to him~~ posthumously on January ~~31,~~ 1957.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Grover Furr, Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström\|year=2021\|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy\|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy\|chapter=Chapter 9. Soviet evidence – The Arao Telegramme}}</ref> Bourgeois historians, as a part of their commitment to [[anti-communism]], maintain the innocence of Tukhachevsky ~~into the modern~~ day, despite the overwhelming evidence ~~that proves~~ him guilty, preferring to ignore it in ~~favor~~ of ~~choosing~~ the ~~convenient answer of~~ Stalin ~~supposedly framing~~ Tukhachevsky for reasons unknown.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Grover Furr, Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström\|year=2021\|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy\|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy#Chapter_4._Western_books_that_lie_about_the_Tukhachevsky_affair_–_Stephen_Kotkin\|chapter=Chapter 4. Western books that lie about the Tukhachevsky affair – Stephen Kotkin}}</ref>		After the ascension of the [[Revisionism\|revisionist]] [[Nikita Khrushchev]] to the role of [[First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union\|First Secretary]] following [[Death of Joseph Stalin\|Stalin's death]], he enacted a policy of "[[Destalinisation]]", and as a part of this he whitewashed the reputation of Tukhachevsky, declaring him innocent (despite a lack of evidence) and restoring him to the rank of Marshal posthumously on 31 January 1957.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Grover Furr, Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström\|year=2021\|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy\|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy\|chapter=Chapter 9. Soviet evidence – The Arao Telegramme}}</ref> Bourgeois historians, as a part of their commitment to [[anti-communism]], maintain the innocence of Tukhachevsky to this very day, despite the overwhelming evidence proving him guilty, preferring to ignore it in favour of the belief that Stalin framed Tukhachevsky for reasons unknown,<ref>{{Citation\|author=Grover Furr, Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström\|year=2021\|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy\|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy#Chapter_4._Western_books_that_lie_about_the_Tukhachevsky_affair_–_Stephen_Kotkin\|chapter=Chapter 4. Western books that lie about the Tukhachevsky affair – Stephen Kotkin}}</ref> presumably paranoia.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	'''Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky''', was a [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] general who served as a [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] from November 20, 1935 until his demotion on June 11, 1937, a day before his execution on June 12. Tukhachevsky and several other generals were executed in the [[Soviet purges of 1937–1938]] due to being ~~apart~~ of a conspiracy to assassinate [[Joseph Stalin]] and establish a military dictatorship.		'''Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky''', was a [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] general who served as a [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] from November 20, 1935 until his demotion on June 11, 1937, a day before his execution on June 12. Tukhachevsky and several other generals were executed in the [[Soviet purges of 1937–1938]] due to being part of a conspiracy to assassinate [[Joseph Stalin]] and establish a military dictatorship.

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Tukhachevsky was born on February 16,1893 in Alexandrovskoye, Dorogobuzhsky District in the region of [[Smolensk]] of the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)\|Russian Empire]] ~~to a [[aristocratic]] family~~. He graduated from the Aleksander Military School in 1914.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|year=1979\|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia\|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Mikhail+Tukhachevsky\|chapter=Tukhachevskii, Mikhail Nikolaevich}}</ref>		Tukhachevsky was born to an [[aristocratic]] family on February 16,1893 in Alexandrovskoye, Dorogobuzhsky District in the region of [[Smolensk]] of the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)\|Russian Empire]]. He graduated from the Aleksander Military School in 1914.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|year=1979\|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia\|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Mikhail+Tukhachevsky\|chapter=Tukhachevskii, Mikhail Nikolaevich}}</ref>

	== Military career ==		== Military career ==

	=== First World War ===		=== First World War ===
	When the [[First World War]] began in 1914 Tukhachevsky joined the Russian army and served in the Semyenovsky Guards Regiment as a first lieutenant. Tukhachevsky was taken prisoner by the [[German Empire (1871–1918)\|Germans]] in 1915 but escaped home to Russia in 1917.<ref name=":0" />		When the [[First World War]] began in 1914, Tukhachevsky joined the Russian army and served in the Semyenovsky Guards Regiment as a first lieutenant. Tukhachevsky was taken prisoner by the [[German Empire (1871–1918)\|Germans]] in 1915 but escaped home to Russia in 1917.<ref name=":0" />

	=== Red Army ===		=== Red Army ===
	Tukhachevsky joined the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army\|Red Army]] in 1918 and became military commissar for ~~defence~~ of the [[Moscow]] region in the same year. During the [[Russian Civil War]] he commanded the First Army of the Eastern Front from June 1918 to January 1919 and the Eighth Army of the Southern Front from January to March 1919. From April to November 1919, Tukhachevsky commanded the Fifth Army of the Eastern Front, carrying out successful joint operations to free the [[Urals]] and [[Siberia]] from the armies of [[Alexander Kolchak]]. He commanded the troops of the Caucasian Front from February to April 1920 during the rout of [[Anton Denikin]]’s forces and commanded the troops of the Western Front from April 1920 to August 1921 in the [[Polish–Soviet War\|Polish''–''Soviet War]]. Tukhachevsky was commander of the Seventh Army when the Kronstadt Anti-Soviet Rebellion was suppressed in March 1921 and commander of the forces in Tambov Region from April to May 1921, when the Antonov revolt was put down.<ref name=":0" />		Tukhachevsky joined the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army\|Red Army]] in 1918 and became military commissar for defense of the [[Moscow]] region in the same year. During the [[Russian Civil War]] he commanded the First Army of the Eastern Front from June 1918 to January 1919 and the Eighth Army of the Southern Front from January to March 1919. From April to November 1919, Tukhachevsky commanded the Fifth Army of the Eastern Front, carrying out successful joint operations to free the [[Urals]] and [[Siberia]] from the armies of [[Alexander Kolchak]]. He commanded the troops of the Caucasian Front from February to April 1920 during the rout of [[Anton Denikin]]’s forces and commanded the troops of the Western Front from April 1920 to August 1921 in the [[Polish–Soviet War\|Polish''–''Soviet War]]. Tukhachevsky was commander of the Seventh Army when the Kronstadt Anti-Soviet Rebellion was suppressed in March 1921 and commander of the forces in Tambov Region from April to May 1921, when the Antonov revolt was put down.<ref name=":0" />

	After the end of the civil war Tukhachevsky was active in reforming the Red Army and held several military positions throughout the Union where he applied his military expertise earning him the rank of Marshal in 1935.<ref name=":0" />		After the end of the civil war, Tukhachevsky was active in reforming the Red Army and held several military positions throughout the Union, where he applied his military expertise earning him the rank of Marshal in 1935.<ref name=":0" />

	== Trial ==		== Trial ==
	On the May 22, 1937 Tukhachevsky was arrested due to the discovery of a plot to assassinate Stalin and overthrow the government, placing a military dictatorship sympathetic to [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi Germany]] in its place ~~and~~ over the next few weeks several more Soviet generals ~~would be~~ arrested as well. A trial was held June 11, 1937 in which the defendants guilt was demonstrated unquestionably and a confession retrieved from all eight of the accused. Tukhachevsky and his co-conspirators were convicted and sentenced to execution ~~and~~ on 12 June 1937 they were shot.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Grover Furr]], Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström\|year=2021\|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy\|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy\|chapter=Introduction – The Tukhachevsky Affair\|section=What Happened}}</ref>		On the May 22, 1937 Tukhachevsky was arrested due to the discovery of a plot to assassinate Stalin and overthrow the government, placing a military dictatorship sympathetic to [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi Germany]] in its place; over the next few weeks, several more Soviet generals were arrested as well. A trial was held June 11, 1937, in which the defendants' guilt was demonstrated unquestionably and a confession retrieved from all eight of the accused. Tukhachevsky and his co-conspirators were convicted and sentenced to execution; on 12 June, 1937, they were shot.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Grover Furr]], Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström\|year=2021\|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy\|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy\|chapter=Introduction – The Tukhachevsky Affair\|section=What Happened}}</ref>

	== Legacy ==		== Legacy ==
	After the ascension of the [[Revisionism\|revisionist]] [[Nikita Khrushchev]] to the role of General Secretary he enacted a policy of "[[Destalinisation]]", and as a part of this he whitewashed the reputation of Tukhachevsky, declaring him innocent ~~with no~~ evidence ~~proving him as such~~ and restoring the rank of Marshal to him posthumously on January 31, 1957.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Grover Furr, Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström\|year=2021\|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy\|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy\|chapter=Chapter 9. Soviet evidence – The Arao Telegramme}}</ref> Bourgeois historians, as a part of their commitment to [[anti-communism]] maintain the innocence of Tukhachevsky into the modern day despite the overwhelming evidence that proves him guilty preferring to ignore it in ~~favour~~ of choosing the convenient answer of Stalin supposedly framing Tukhachevsky for reasons unknown.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Grover Furr, Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström\|year=2021\|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy\|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy#Chapter_4._Western_books_that_lie_about_the_Tukhachevsky_affair_–_Stephen_Kotkin\|chapter=Chapter 4. Western books that lie about the Tukhachevsky affair – Stephen Kotkin}}</ref>		After the ascension of the [[Revisionism\|revisionist]] [[Nikita Khrushchev]] to the role of General Secretary, he enacted a policy of "[[Destalinisation]]", and as a part of this he whitewashed the reputation of Tukhachevsky, declaring him innocent (despite a lack of evidence) and restoring the rank of Marshal to him posthumously on January 31, 1957.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Grover Furr, Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström\|year=2021\|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy\|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy\|chapter=Chapter 9. Soviet evidence – The Arao Telegramme}}</ref> Bourgeois historians, as a part of their commitment to [[anti-communism]], maintain the innocence of Tukhachevsky into the modern day, despite the overwhelming evidence that proves him guilty, preferring to ignore it in favor of choosing the convenient answer of Stalin supposedly framing Tukhachevsky for reasons unknown.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Grover Furr, Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström\|year=2021\|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy\|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy#Chapter_4._Western_books_that_lie_about_the_Tukhachevsky_affair_–_Stephen_Kotkin\|chapter=Chapter 4. Western books that lie about the Tukhachevsky affair – Stephen Kotkin}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==

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'''Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky''', was a [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet]] general who served as a [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] from November 20, 1935 until his demotion on June 11, 1937, a day before his execution on June 12. Tukhachevsky and several other generals were executed in the [[Soviet purges of 1937–1938]] due to being apart of a conspiracy to assassinate [[Joseph Stalin]] and establish a military dictatorship.

== Early life ==
Tukhachevsky was born on February 16,1893 in Alexandrovskoye, Dorogobuzhsky District in the region of [[Smolensk]] of the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian Empire]] to a [[aristocratic]] family. He graduated from the Aleksander Military School in 1914.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|year=1979|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Mikhail+Tukhachevsky|chapter=Tukhachevskii, Mikhail Nikolaevich}}</ref>

== Military career ==

=== First World War ===
When the [[First World War]] began in 1914 Tukhachevsky joined the Russian army and served in the Semyenovsky Guards Regiment as a first lieutenant. Tukhachevsky was taken prisoner by the [[German Empire (1871–1918)|Germans]] in 1915 but escaped home to Russia in 1917.<ref name=":0" />

=== Red Army ===
Tukhachevsky joined the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army|Red Army]] in 1918 and became military commissar for defence of the [[Moscow]] region in the same year. During the [[Russian Civil War]] he commanded the First Army of the Eastern Front from June 1918 to January 1919 and the Eighth Army of the Southern Front from January to March 1919. From April to November 1919, Tukhachevsky commanded the Fifth Army of the Eastern Front, carrying out successful joint operations to free the [[Urals]] and [[Siberia]] from the armies of [[Alexander Kolchak]]. He commanded the troops of the Caucasian Front from February to April 1920 during the rout of [[Anton Denikin]]’s forces and commanded the troops of the Western Front from April 1920 to August 1921 in the [[Polish–Soviet War|Polish''–''Soviet War]]. Tukhachevsky was commander of the Seventh Army when the Kronstadt Anti-Soviet Rebellion was suppressed in March 1921 and commander of the forces in Tambov Region from April to May 1921, when the Antonov revolt was put down.<ref name=":0" />

After the end of the civil war Tukhachevsky was active in reforming the Red Army and held several military positions throughout the Union where he applied his military expertise earning him the rank of Marshal in 1935.<ref name=":0" />

== Trial ==
On the May 22, 1937 Tukhachevsky was arrested due to the discovery of a plot to assassinate Stalin and overthrow the government, placing a military dictatorship sympathetic to [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi Germany]] in its place and over the next few weeks several more Soviet generals would be arrested as well. A trial was held June 11, 1937 in which the defendants guilt was demonstrated unquestionably and a confession retrieved from all eight of the accused. Tukhachevsky and his co-conspirators were convicted and sentenced to execution and on 12 June 1937 they were shot.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Grover Furr]], Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström|year=2021|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy|chapter=Introduction – The Tukhachevsky Affair|section=What Happened}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
After the ascension of the [[Revisionism|revisionist]] [[Nikita Khrushchev]] to the role of General Secretary he enacted a policy of "[[Destalinisation]]", and as a part of this he whitewashed the reputation of Tukhachevsky, declaring him innocent with no evidence proving him as such and restoring the rank of Marshal to him posthumously on January 31, 1957.<ref>{{Citation|author=Grover Furr, Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström|year=2021|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy|chapter=Chapter 9. Soviet evidence – The Arao Telegramme}}</ref> Bourgeois historians, as a part of their commitment to [[anti-communism]] maintain the innocence of Tukhachevsky into the modern day despite the overwhelming evidence that proves him guilty preferring to ignore it in favour of choosing the convenient answer of Stalin supposedly framing Tukhachevsky for reasons unknown.<ref>{{Citation|author=Grover Furr, Vladimir L. Bobrov, Sven-Eric Holmström|year=2021|title=Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_Conspiracy#Chapter_4._Western_books_that_lie_about_the_Tukhachevsky_affair_–_Stephen_Kotkin|chapter=Chapter 4. Western books that lie about the Tukhachevsky affair – Stephen Kotkin}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Marshals of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Russians]]
[[Category:Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War]]