1886–1975
○ Died in exile in San Francisco
Far Eastern White commander who took Khabarovsk in the winter of 1921 and was beaten by Blyukher at Volochayevka in February 1922
An engineer officer from Chistopol, he won the Order of St George in the First World War. Escaping German captivity in 1918, he raised a peasant self-defence force in Yelabuga district against the Bolshevik grain detachments, joined Komuch's People's Army, and in January 1919 took command of the Izhevsk Brigade, formed from the risen workers of Izhevsk and Votkinsk. On the Great Siberian Ice March he led the rearguard and then the vanguard; he brought the 3rd Corps of the Far Eastern Army to Primorye and in June 1921 became head of the Vladivostok garrison. Leading the Provisional Priamur Government's forces, he took Khabarovsk in December, but Blyukher beat him at Volochayevka on 12 February 1922. He settled in the United States in 1923 and at his death in 1975 was the last surviving White general.
Activities and affiliations
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1906–1918
Russian Empire state institutions
Military command -
1918–1922
Military command
Career Timeline
- 1906Graduated from the Alekseyev Military School; commissioned as an engineer officer
- 1914–1918Commander of the 3rd Siberian Rifle Division’s engineer company; corps engineer
- 1918Escaped German captivity; led a peasant self-defence force in Yelabuga district
- 1918Joined Komuch’s People’s Army
- 1919Commander of the Izhevsk Brigade; major general
- 1919–1920Great Siberian Ice March; rearguard of the 3rd Army, then vanguard
- 1920Commander of the 3rd Corps of the Far Eastern Army; moved to Primorye
- 1921Head of the Vladivostok garrison
- 1921–1922Commander of the Provisional Priamur Government’s forces; took Khabarovsk
- 1922Defeated at Volochayevka
- 1922Commander of the Volga Group; fighting at Spassk
- 1923–1975Exile in the United States