Background
BLAZHEVICH, Iosif was born on September 13, 1891 in village Novoselki, Vilnius Province. Son of a peasant.
BLAZHEVICH, Iosif was born on September 13, 1891 in village Novoselki, Vilnius Province. Son of a peasant.
1913 graduate Vilnius Military College. 1922 graduate Higher Academy Courses.
1913-1914 junior officer, 70th Ryazhsk Infantry Regt on Northern Front. Final rank in Russian army - lt-colonel. From 1918 in Red Army.
1918-1920 in Operations Department, 5th Army Group. Commanded regt, then brigade. Commander, 27th Infantry Division.
1920-1921 commander, 59th Infantry Division. Commander, Semipalatinsk Forces Group. Commander, 1st Turkestani Division.
Commander, 1st Army, Turkestani Front. 1922-1926 commander, 16th Infantry Corps. 1926-1938 on Red Army Staff.
Chief, 6th Board, Red Army Staff. Inspector of infantry tactics. Inspector, then deputy head, Anti-Aircraft Defense Board, Red Army.
Member, All-Russian Central Executive Committee. Member Belorussian Central Executive Committee. 1938 arrested by People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs.