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Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin Дмитрий Алексеевич Милютин The Great Reforms' military architect, who forged Russia's army into a modern conscript force over twenty years as war minister Military command · Russian Empire 1816–1912
Fyodor Vasilyevich Dubasov Фёдор Васильевич Дубасов Imperial Russian admiral who crushed the Moscow December uprising with artillery fire Military command · Russian Empire 1845–1912
Zinovy Petrovich Rozhestvensky Зиновий Петрович Рожественский The Imperial Russian admiral who led the Baltic Fleet to catastrophe at Tsushima Military command · Russian Empire 1848–1909
Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov Владимир Викторович Сахаров Cavalry general who led the 11th Army in the Brusilov Offensive and joined the White movement Military command · Russian Empire 1853–1920
Aleksei Alekseyevich Brusilov Алексей Алексеевич Брусилов Designer of the 1916 Brusilov Offensive and the last great tsarist commander, who later joined the Red Army Military command · Russian Empire 1853–1926
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ruzsky Николай Владимирович Рузский The Northern Front commander who forced the Tsar's abdication at Pskov Military command · Russian Empire 1854–1918
Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov Николай Николаевич Романов The Grand Duke who drew a revolver on the Tsar and forced constitutional reform Military command · Russian Empire 1856–1929
Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev Михаил Васильевич Алексеев The tsar's last chief of staff, who commanded the Eastern Front and laid the foundation of the White Volunteer Army Military command · Russian Empire 1857–1918
Sergey Semyonovich Khabalov Сергей Семёнович Хабалов Last commander of the Petrograd Military District, who ordered troops to fire on crowds and then lost control of the garrison Military command · Russian Empire 1858–1929
Alexey Maksimovich Kaledin Алексей Максимович Каледин Don Cossack ataman who opened the first White stronghold in the south Military command · Russian Empire 1861–1918
Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich Николай Николаевич Юденич The last great commander of Imperial Russia, who won the Caucasus Front and led the White drive on Petrograd Military command · Russian Empire 1862–1933
Alexander Nikolaevich Kozlovsky Александр Николаевич Козловский Tsarist artillery general at Kronstadt whom the Bolsheviks falsely named as ringleader of the 1921 rebellion Military command · Russian Empire 1864–1940
Vladimir Zenonovich May-Mayevsky Владимир Зенонович Май-Маевский The White general who led the Volunteer Army closest to Moscow, only to collapse from overstretched lines and alcoholism Military command · Russian Empire 1867–1920
Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov Пётр Николаевич Краснов The White ataman who built a Don Cossack anti-Bolshevik state, collaborated with the Nazis, and was a Nobel Prize-nominated novelist Military command · Russian Empire 1869–1947
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Krymov Александр Михайлович Крымов Imperial Russian cavalry general who led Kornilov's march on Petrograd Military command · Russian Empire 1871–1917
Anton Ivanovich Denikin Антон Иванович Деникин The White commander who drove the largest anti-Bolshevik army to within 400 km of Moscow Military command · Russian Empire 1872–1947
Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak Александр Васильевич Колчак From the Arctic to the execution wall: Imperial Russia's last armed defender turned Supreme Ruler Military command · Russian Empire 1874–1920
Mikhail Konstantinovich Diterikhs Михаил Константинович Дитерихс Kolchak's chief of staff, Romanov murder investigator, and last ruler of White Priamurye Military command · Russian Empire 1874–1937
Boris Aleksandrovich Engelhardt Борис Александрович Энгельгардт Headed the Duma Military Commission whose order sending the garrison back to barracks triggered Order No. 1 Military command · Russian Empire 1877–1962
Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov Михаил Александрович Романов The last Romanov who could have been tsar, and who deferred the crown to a Constituent Assembly Military command · Russian Empire 1878–1918
Nikolai Kakurin Николай Какурин Red Army commander who was chief of staff of the Tambov suppression and became a historian of the Civil War Military command · Soviet Union 1883–1936
Pyotr Yefimovich Shchetinkin Пётр Ефимович Щетинкин Siberian partisan commander who led the partisan army of Yeniseysk Province and took custody of Ungern in Mongolia in 1921 Military command · Soviet Union 1884–1927
Ivan Pavlovich Kalmykov Иван Павлович Калмыков Ataman of the Ussuri Cossacks who took Khabarovsk in 1918 and became notorious for shootings without trial and plunder Military command · Russian White movement 1890–1920
Timofey Ivanovich Kirpichnikov Тимофей Иванович Кирпичников A soldier leader who defied imperial orders Military command · Russian Empire 1892–1917/1918
Yakov Ivanovich Tryapitsyn Яков Иванович Тряпицын Far Eastern partisan commander who took Nikolayevsk-on-Amur in 1920, then executed its prisoners and burned the town Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1920
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov Александр Васильевич Суворов Russian imperial field marshal and generalissimo, the 'Russian Hannibal' Military command · Russian Empire 1729/1730–1800
Alexander Sapozhkov Александр Сапожков Red Army division commander who raised the "Red Army of Truth" against grain requisitioning in 1920 Military command · Soviet Union ?–1920
Pyotr Tokmakov Пётр Токмаков Peasant-born officer who commanded the United Partisan Army of Tambov and chaired the Union of Working Peasantry Military command · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) ?–1921