Sergey Markov

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Sergey Leonidovich Markov
General Markov, 1918
Born(1878-07-19)19 July 1878
Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire
Died25 June 1918(1918-06-25) (aged 39)
Outside Salsk, Russian Republic
Allegiance Russian Empire
 Russian Republic
Service/branchRussian Empire Imperial Russian Army
Russian Republic White Army
Years of service1904–1918
Battles/warsRusso-Japanese War
World War I
Russian Civil War

Sergey Leonidovich Markov (

counterrevolutionary force of the White movement in southern Russia during the Russian Civil War
which broke out in 1917.

Biography

Sergey Markov was born in Saint Petersburg Guberniya. Markov was a career officer, he graduated from the

Order of St. Vladimir
.

Between 1911 and 1914 he taught at the Academy, renamed to

First World War, Markov fought under command of General Denikin and was decorated with Order of St. George
for bravery.

After the

Kornilov Affair. On November 19, 1917, Markov escaped from prison and together with generals Denikin and Kornilov, he raised the Volunteer Army in Don region
.

On 25 June 1918, during the Kuban Offensive, Markov was fatally wounded when the Volunteer Army captured Torgovaia.[1]

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