Anatolie Popa

Anatolie Popa (Russian: Анатолий Васильевич Попа, Anatoliy Vasilievich Popa; 15 March 1896 – 25 June 1920) was a Bessarabian-born military commander active during World War I and the Russian Revolution and Civil War, one of the organisers of the Moldavian armed resistance against the advancing Romanian troops in January 1918.

Anatolie Popa
Born(1896-03-15)15 March 1896
Cotiujenii Mari, Soroksky Uyezd, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire
Died25 June 1920(1920-06-25) (aged 24)
Novo-Miropol', Ukraine
AllegianceRussian Empire
Moldavian Democratic Republic
Soviet Russia
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Bessarabian Army
Red Army
Years of service1914–1917
1917–1918
1918–1920
RankStabs-kapitan
Military commissar
Regimental Commander
Unit75th Sevastopol Infantry Regiment
Bălți County Moldavian Cohorts
45th Rifle Division
Battles/warsRomanian Campaign, Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia, Russian Civil War, Polish-Soviet War,
Soviet-Ukrainian War
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner
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