Mikhail Alekseyev
Russian general of infantry (1857–1918) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Алексеев) (15 November [O.S. 3 November] 1857 – 8 October [O.S. 25 September] 1918) was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Between 1915 and 1917 he served as Tsar Nicholas II's Chief of Staff of the Stavka, and after the February Revolution, was its commander-in-chief under the Russian Provisional Government from March to May 1917. He later played a principal role in founding the Volunteer Army in the Russian Civil War and died in 1918 of heart failure while fighting the Bolsheviks in the Volga region.[1]
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Born | (1857-11-15)15 November 1857 Vyazma, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 8 October 1918(1918-10-08) (aged 60) Ekaterinodar, Russian SFSR |
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Allegiance | Russian Empire Russian Republic |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Volunteer Army |
Years of service | 1876–1918 |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars | Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian Civil War |
Awards | Order of St. Stanislav Order of St. George Order of St. Vladimir Order of St. Anne |
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