Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-31 | Page 3 | Russian War Minster Dies

RUSSIAN WAR MINISTER DIES DIESMan Man Who Succeeded Passes MOSCOW Oct 31 AP Gen AV Gen General eral Michael lIch el W. W v. v Fi soviet commissar com corn I for war died today followIng following following follow follow- ing an opera operation yesterday erday General who succeeded military mili Leon as the Soviets Soviet's tary chief last Janu January ry was one executives in the of or the youngest Moscow regime being only 41 years old He lIe was a of Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian llan and Rumanian descent lI He lie had b been en an active octive revolutionist revolution revolution- 1st since 1904 when ho he was a student student student stu stu- dent In St. St Petersburg now Lenin Lenin- grad In that yeas year he entered the communist party In 1907 he was condemned to Siberia for revolutionary revolutionary propaganda and spent eight years in penal servitude He es escaped escaped escaped es- es In 1915 made his way to the thoe front and for two years worked for forthe forthe forthe the disintegration of the Russian army almy Without military experience prior to 1917 he became after the bolshevik bolshevik bol bol- revolution one of ot the red army ar leaders His n next f few W y years ars were spent pent chiefly In fighting the various white armies first that of Admiral Kolchak in Siberia and later the forces force of Deniken and In the The bolI bolsheviks bol- bol I gave him hm chief t credit forthe for forthe forthe the defeat of ot these thee enemies