Mikhail
Lashevich was born in Odessa in 1884. He became involved in
politics while still a student and in 1901 joined the Social
Democratic Labour Party. He later joined the Bolshevik
faction.
Conscripted
into the Russian Army during the First
World War, he was twice wounded before returning to Petrograd
after the abdication of Nicholas II. Lashevich
was active in the Petrograd Soviet and
helped plan the capture of the Winter Palace and the overthrow of
the Provisional Government.
During
the Civil War Lashevich was a senior
commander in the Red Army and contributed
to the defeat of Alexander Kolchak, Anton
Denikin, and Nikolai Yudenich.
In 1923
Lashevich was elected to Central Committee of the Communist
Party. He was critical of Joseph Stalin
was punished by being sent to Harbin to act as chairman of the Chinese
Eastern Railway. Mikhail
Lashevich committed suicide in August, 1928.
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