Hans Karl Friedrich Anton Graf von Diebitsch und Narten Russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Ди́бич-Забалка́нский, tr. Iván Ivánovič Díbič-Zabalkánskij; 13 May 1785–10 June 1831 was a German-born soldier serving as Russian field marshal. He was educated at the Berlin cadet school, but by the desire of his father, Frederick II’s aide-de-camp who had passed into the service of Russia, he also did the same in 1801.
Anton Ivanovich Denikin Russian: Анто́н Ива́нович Дени́кин, IPA: ; 16 December 1872 – 8 August 1947 was a Russian Lieutenant General in the Imperial Russian Army (1916), later served as the Deputy Supreme Ruler of Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. He was also a military leader of South Russia (as commander in chief). Contents 1Childhood 2World War I 3Civil War 3.1Anti-Semitism and Anti-Masonry 4Exile 5Honours
Anton Ivanovich Denikin Russian: Анто́н Ива́нович Дени́кин, IPA: ; 16 December 1872 – 8 August 1947 was a Russian Lieutenant General in the Imperial Russian Army (1916), later served as the Deputy Supreme Ruler of Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. He was also a military leader of South Russia (as commander in chief). Contents 1Childhood 2World War I 3Civil War 3.1Anti-Semitism and Anti-Masonry 4Exile 5Honours
Denis Vasilyevich Davydov Russian: Дени́с Васи́льевич Давы́дов, IPA: 27 July 1784 – 4 May 1839 was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented the genre of hussar poetry, characterised by hedonism and bravado. He used events from his own life to illustrate such poetry. Contents 1Biography 2Other 3References 4Sources 5Further reading 6External links Biography Davydov stemmed
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Чуйко́; 12 February 1900 – 18 March 1982 was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He is best known for commanding the 62nd Army which saw heavy combat during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Second World War. Born to a peasant family near Tula, Chuikov earned his
Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyayev Russian: Михаил Григорьевич Черняев 3 November / 22 October 1828, Bender, Bessarabia Governorate – 16 August 1898 was a Russian major general, who, together with Konstantin Kaufman and Mikhail Skobelev, directed the Russian conquest of Central Asia during the reign of Csar Alexander II. Life Mikhail Chernyaev was born in 1828 in Bender,
Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev or Chapaev Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Чапа́ев; February 9 1887 – September 5, 1919 was a celebrated Russian soldier and Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War. Contents 1Biography 2Private life 3In Russian culture 4See also 5References 6External links Biography Chapayev was born into a poor peasant family in a village called Budayka, now part
Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny Russian: Семён Миха́йлович Будённый, IPA: 25 April 1883 – 26 October 1973 was a Russian cavalryman, military commander during the Russian Civil War, Polish-Soviet War and World War II, and a close political ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Budyonny was the founder of the Red Cavalry, which played an important role in the Bolshevik
Aleksey Alekseyevich Brusilov Russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Бруси́лов, romanized: Alekséj Alekséevič Brusílov; 1 September 1853 – 17 March 1926 was a Russian general most noted for the development of new offensive tactics used in the 1916 Brusilov Offensive, which was his greatest achievement. The innovative and relatively successful tactics used were later copied by the Germans. Born into the aristocracy
Maria Leontievna Bochkareva July 1889 – 16 May 1920; Russian: Мари́я Лео́нтьевна Бочкарёва, romanized: Maria Leontievna Bochkareva, née Frolkova (Фролко́ва), nicknamed Yashka was a Russian soldier who fought in World War I and formed the Women’s Battalion of Death. She was the first Russian woman to command a military unit. Contents 1Early life 2Military career 3United States and Britain 4Return to Russia and execution 5Legacy 6See also 7Bibliography