Vladimir Dragomirov

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Vladimir Dragomirov
Russian Imperial Army
Battles/warsWorld War I

Vladimir Mikhailovich Dragomirov (February 7, 1867 – January 29, 1928) was a

general in the Imperial Russian Army
.

Life

Dragomirov was the son of

Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov, a prominent Russian General. His brother Abram Dragomirov
was also a general in the Imperial Russian Army.

Dragomirov joined the Imperial Army, and in 1909 was appointed District Quartermaster for the

Third Army. Dragomirov commanded the 8th Army Corps between 16.12.1914 – 23.03.1915 and again between 18.08.1915 – 16.10.1916. In between those two periods, Dragomirov served as Chief of Staff of the South-Western Front
.

On 12 May 1915, he was dismissed due to "nervous exhaustion."[2] After a period of sick leave, he was transferred on the 16th of October 1916 to the post of commander of the 16th Army Corps. After the February Revolution, he was transferred to the reserve on April 2, 1917, and dismissed from service on August 22, 1917.

Following the Bolshevik October Revolution, Dragomirov aligned himself with the

Semyonovsky Regiment
, and served as chairman of the Russian Society of Officers of the General Staff. He died of heart disease in Zemun (Yugoslavia) on January 29, 1928, where he was buried.

References

  1. ^ Rzhishchev, Ukraine accessed 6 January 2009
  2. ISBN 9781472819376
    .

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