Zhanis Blumbergs (September 21, 1889 – April 26, 1938) was a Soviet military leader and division commander (November 26, 1935). Biography He was born on September 21, 1889 in the town of Altauc, Courland Governorate (now in Vecauce Parish, Latvia) in a family of Latvian peasants. In 1907 he graduated from the city school in Mitau (Jelgava). In 1908 he entered the military service as a volunteer. In the years 1910-1913. - Junker of the Vilna Military School. After being released as second lieutenant on 08/06, 1913, he served in the 99th Ivangorod Infantry Regiment. He participated in World War I, during which he held the positions of company commander, head of horse and foot reconnaissance teams, and head of a machine gun team. The last rank and position in the old army is captain, battalion commander. In the Red Army since June 1918. Member of the Russian Civil War. He fought on the Eastern, North-Western and Southern Fronts, holding the following positions: in 1918 - commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Latvian Rifle Division, commanded the 5th Army from September 1918 to April 1919 and went through all the heavy battles with it the spring offensive of the whites, in 1919 - commander of the Northern Group of Forces of the 7th Army, assistant commander of this army, head of the rear of the 42nd Infantry Division, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the same division; in 1920 - commander of the 126th and 124th brigades of the 42nd Infantry Division. After the Civil War, he continued to serve in the Red Army. In the years 1921-1923. - Inspector of the Office of military schools of the Red Army, commander of the 1st Infantry Division. In 1922 he graduated from the Higher Academic Courses at the Red Army Military Academy. In the years 1924-1926. - commander of the 11th Rifle Corps. Since the fall of 1926, he was an inspector in the tactical-infantry business of the Training and Combat Directorate of the Main Directorate of the Red Army. Since July 1929 - Assistant Inspector of Infantry of the Red Army. Since March 1930 - the commandant of the Karelian fortified area. In May 1932 he was appointed Inspector of Engineering Construction of the Office of the Chief of Engineers of the Red Army. Then he worked as the head of the operational-tactical cycle of the Military Engineering Academy