Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov Russian: Лавр Гео́ргиевич Корни́лов, IPA: ; 30 August 1870 – 13 April 1918 was a Russian military intelligence officer, explorer, and general of Siberian Cossack origin in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the ensuing Russian Civil War. He is today best remembered for the Kornilov Affair, an unsuccessful endeavor in August/September 1917
Ivan Stepanovich Konev Russian: Ива́н Степа́нович Ко́нев; 28 December 1897 – 21 May 1973 was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, responsible for taking much of Axis-occupied Eastern Europe. Born to a peasant family, Konev was conscripted into the Imperial Russian Army in
Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Фру́нзе; 2 February 1885 – 31 October 1925 was a Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Born in modern-day Kyrgyzstan, he became active with the Bolsheviks and rose to the rank of a major Red Army commander in the Russian Civil War of 1917–1918.
Count Iosif Vladimirovich Romeyko-Gurko Russian: Ио́сиф Влади́мирович Роме́йко-Гурко́, tr. Iósif Vladímirovič Roméjko-Gurkó; 28 July 1828 — 28 January 1901, also known as Joseph or Ossip Gourko, was a prominent Russian field marshal during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). Contents 1Biography 2Honour 3Notes 4Sources Biography Of Belarusian extraction, Gurko was educated in the Imperial Corps of Pages, entered the hussars of the Imperial Guard as a sub-lieutenant in 1846, became captain in
Count Ivan Vasilyevich Gudovich Russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич Гудо́вич, tr. Iván Vasíl’evič Gudóvič; 1741–1820 was a Russian noble and military leader of Ukrainian descent. His exploits included the capture of Khadjibey (1789) and the conquest of maritime Dagestan (1807). Ivan’s father was an influential member of the Ukrainian Cossack starshina. He sent his sons to be educated abroad, at the Königsberg Albertina University and
Andrei Antonovich Grechko Russian: Андре́й Анто́нович Гре́чко; 17 October 1903 – 26 April 1976 was a Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union and Minister of Defense. Biography Born in a small town near Rostov-on-Don on 17 October 1903, the son of Ukrainian peasants, he joined the Red Army in 1919, where he was a part of the “Budyonny Cavalry”. After the Russian Civil War, Grechko
Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov Russian: Леони́д Алекса́ндрович Го́воров 22 February 1897 – 19 March 1955 was a Soviet military commander. Trained as an artillery officer, he joined the Red Army in 1920. He graduated from several Soviet military academies, including the Military Academy of Red Army General Staff. He participated in the Winter War of 1939–1940 against Finland
Prince Alexander Borisovich Gorbatyi-Shuisky (Александр Борисович Горбатый-Шуйский) was probably the most celebrated and popular general of Ivan the Terrible. The town of Gorbatov in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast bears his name. He belonged to the powerful Shuisky family, being the last scion of its junior branch. His father was one of the most successful generals of Vasily III, but Alexander managed to outshine him at an
Nadezhda Andreyevna Durova (Russian: Наде́жда Андре́евна Ду́рова) (September 17, 1783 – March 21, 1866), also known as Alexander Durov, Alexander Sokolov and Alexander Andreevich Alexandrov, was a woman who, while disguised as a man, became a decorated soldier in the Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic wars. She was the first known female officer in the Russian military. Her memoir, The Cavalry Maiden, is
Prince Mikhail Petrovich Dolgorukov (1780—1808) was a Russian prince and general who died at the Battle of Virta Bridge against the Swedes on 27 October 1808. Biography[edit] The son of General Prince Peter Petrovich Dolgorukov, Mikhail Petrovich was born into the Rurikid family of Dolgorukov. In 1796, he fought in the Russian-Persian War on the Caspian Sea. After being promoted to major in 1798, he joined