Background
GITTIS, Vladimir was born in 1881 in St. Petersburg. Son of middle-class parents.
GITTIS, Vladimir was born in 1881 in St. Petersburg. Son of middle-class parents.
Educated at the Infantry Cadet Corps.
Until 1917 regt commander, Russian Army. From 1918 in Red Army. 1918-1919 commander, 6th, then 8th Army.
1919 commander. Southern, 1919-1920 Western, 1920-1921 Caucasian Front. 1921-1930 commander, Leningrad Military district. Deputy commander, Red Army Supply Department.
1930-1937 head, Department of External Orders, People’s Commissariat of Defense and plenipotentiary, People’s Commissariat of Defense at People’s Commissariat of Foreign Trade. Fall 1919 commanded counter-offensive of 7th and 15 th Armies near Petrograd, which led to the defeat of General Yudenich’s troops. 1937 arrested by People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs.
Religious leaders contribute to secular and religious wars by endorsing or supporting the violence.
The emphasis on peaceful coexistence doesn’t mean that the Soviet Union accepted a static world with clear lines. Socialism is inevitable and the "correlations of forces" were moving towards socialism.
Communist Party member from 1925.