Claim: Pēteris Slavens attended from 1893 a Junker-school and entered in the Tsarist Army, and has commanded first a division, then from August the 5th Army in the East, and until January 1919 the Southern Front (a front of the Red Army that was formed twice) in the Russian Civil War.
Evidence: Slavens attended from 1893 a Junker-school and entered in the Tsarist Army. He commanded first a division, then from August the 5th Army in the East, and until January 1919 the Southern Front in the Russian Civil War. The Southern Front (Russian: Южный фронт) was a front of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, formed twice.