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History
Until the
The Russian role persisted even after the Russian revolution, by which time the Russian advisers had collectively acquired an essentially institutional character regarded as not worth disrupting. The Ethiopian military had adopted Russian practices with regards to training, uniforms, military organization, and other fields, and Russian officers were seen as best-placed for purposes of continuity
After 1917, the Military Adviser and his senior staff were invariably drawn from veterans of the White movement. However, some lower-ranked officials hailed from other countries, such as Germany or France, and the working language of the Military Adviser's Office was French rather than Russian. To reduce tensions, military advisers from different countries—particularly those that had been on opposing sides of the First World War—were largely kept in different branches, Germans for instance predominating in the artillery.
The Ethiopians used the surfeit of former Imperial commmanders to attract more senior officers to the post, and the Military Adviser, who before the war had been colonels or major-generals, was thus generally held by Lieutenant-Generals or generals of the branch. Ex-Imperial Russian officers and their families formed the core of the White émigré community, which was some 1,400 people strong in 1932.
The position fell into abeyance during the
Lastly was the fact the White Russian community had by and large collaborated with the Italian occupiers, taking advantage of their privileged status as Europeans relative to the now-subordinated "native African" Ethiopians to serve in the Italian administration and accrue assets expropriated from Ethiopian notables. While the Ethiopian government generally refrained from taking systematic reprisals against the Russian community following Liberation, in line with its generally lenient attitude towards Europeans in Ethiopia, including Italian migrants, it was disinclined to restore their institutional privleges. However, individual Russian expatriates continued to serve as advisers or contractors in the military or security services into the mid-1960s.
Military Adviser to the Goverment
From 1896 to 1908 Military Adviser to His Imperial Majesty. After 1908 directly subordinated to the Ministry of War.
Military Adviser
- Esaul Nikolay Leontiev(1895-1897)
- Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Bulatovich (1897-1899)
- Colonel Leonid Artamonov (1899-1903)[a]
- Vladimir Olokhov(1903-1905)
- Major-General Nikolai Yudenich (1905-1907)
- (1907-1910)
- Major-General Vladimir Belayev (1910-1912)
- Major-General Aleksei Bayov (1912-1914)
- (1914-1915)
- (1915-1917)
- (1917-1918, acting)
- Lieutenant-General Nikolai Golovin (1918-1920)
- Infantry General Dmitry Shcherbachev (1920-1922)
- Infantry General Vasily Flug (1922-1925)
- Cavalry General Abram Dragomirov(1925-1929)
- Infantry General Vladimir Cheremisov (1929-1932)
- (1932-1934)
- Lieutenant-General Boris Shteifon (1934-1936)
Assistant Military Adviser
- Vice Admiral Mikhail Kedrov (1925-1928)
- Major-General Nikolai Ignatev (1928-1932)
- Lieutenant-General Boris Shteifon (1932-1934)
Second Assistant Military Adviser
- Colonel Alexander Barbovich (1930-1936)
References
- ^ Promoted to Major-General in 1901.