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Mikhail Artemyevich Muravyov

Михаил Артемьевич Муравьёв
Military command Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries Soviet Russia Russia 1880–1918 ✕ Killed during rebellion

Tsarist officer turned Red commander who took Kyiv, battled in Bessarabia, and rebelled against Brest-Litovsk

After taking Kyiv he reported to Lenin: 'I ordered artillery to strike at high-rise and rich palaces, at churches and priests.'

A peasant-born officer of the Imperial Russian Army who distinguished himself in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I, he joined the Left SRs in 1917 and commanded the defense of Petrograd during the October Revolution. In early 1918 he seized Kyiv, establishing Soviet power in Ukraine, then led operations on the Romanian front to defend Bessarabia. Appointed commander of the Eastern Front in June 1918, he rebelled against the Brest-Litovsk Treaty in July, declared a 'war against Germany,' and was killed in Simbirsk.

Career timeline
  • 1898–1917Served in Imperial Russian Army; fought in Russo-Japanese War and WWI, rose to Lieutenant Colonel
  • 1917.10–11Commander of Petrograd Military District; led defense against Kerensky-Krasnov forces
  • 1917.12–1918.2Chief of Staff, Southern Revolutionary Front; commanded operation to take Kyiv
  • 1918.2–3Commander of Romanian Front; led Bessarabia defense and Odessa Soviet Republic
  • 1918.6–7Commander of Eastern Front; rebelled against Brest-Litovsk Treaty, killed in Simbirsk