Vladimir Selivachyov
Vladimir Ivanovich Selivachyov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Селивачёв; 14 June 1868 – 17 September 1919) was a lieutenant general of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I who became a commander of the Red Army in the Russian Civil War.
Biography
He belonged to the nobility of
During the First World War, he was appointed lieutenant-general on 22 October 1916. After the Russian revolution in February in March 1917 he was appointed commander of the
In December 1918, he was enlisted in the Red Army and became a member of the commission for the study and use of the experience of war. In 1919, he spent several months in prison charged with membership of a clandestine organization. In August–September 1919 he became assistant to the commander of the Southern Front, simultaneously commanding the Selivachyov Group, composed of the 8th Army, 3rd and 42nd Rifle Divisions of the 13th Army.
He participated in the
He died a few days later on 17 September 1919 of typhoid or due to poisoning.
References
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