Background
Gavro, Lajos was born in 1894.
Gavro, Lajos was born in 1894.
Graduated from the Military Academy, 1931.
Member of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party, 1912. During World War I, prisoner of war in Russia. After the October Revolution, joined the Bolsheviks.
Commander of a brigade in the Red A rmy during the Civil War. After the war, commander of Soviet troops in Kiev. Active in the Comintern, 1924-1925.
Soviet General Consul in China, 1926-1928. Commander of a division, 1931-1937. Victim ofStalin’s purges.