Eduard Davydovich Lepin
Born1889
Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died22 August 1938
Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union
Service/branchSoviet Red Army
RankKomkor
Commands held15th Rifle Division
35th Rifle Division
13th Rifle Corps
Battles/warsRussian Civil War

Eduard Davydovich Lepin (Russian: Эдуард Давыдович Лепин, Latvian: Eduards Liepiņš; 1889 – 22 August 1938) was a Soviet division commander and Komkor of Latvian ethnicity. He fought in the Russian Civil War against the White movement. Lepin was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner.

During the Great Purge, as a part of the so-called "Latvian Operation", Lepin was arrested on 2 December 1937 and shot at the Kommunarka shooting ground on 22 August 1938. In 1956, after the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated.

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