| Technically, he wasn't Red Army, but rather a leader of Communist Partizan movement in the Soviet Far East. The legend would have it that either he was burnt alive by Japanase in locomotive furnace, or chopped up to pieces and then burnt in a locomotive furnace. Given the Imperial Japanese troops penchant for violence and torture in their most basic and vile forms neither story would surprise me a lot if proven true.
Regards,
Sergey |
Thank you very much, Sergey. I stand corrected!
I had read that story on Lazo's alleged end, but got the impression that many sources deem it communist propaganda. Unfortunately, I would not be surprised either if that brutal event eventually turned out to be true.