Alexander Myshlayevsky

Alexander Zakharevich Myshlayevsky
General Alexander Myshlayevsky
Native name
Александр Захаревич Мышлаевский
Born24 March [O.S. 12] 1856
Died1920
Allegiance Russian Empire
Branch
 Imperial Russian Army
Service years
1874 – 1920
Rank
General of the Infantry
CommandsCaucasian Army
Caucasus Military District
Kazan Military District

Alexander Zakharevich Myshlayevsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Заха́рьевич Мышлае́вский; 1856–1920) was a Russian general during World War I. He was the deputy commander of the Caucasus Army and its field commander during the Battle of Sarikamish.[1] He was originally a military historian graduated from Imperial General Staff Academy. Myshlayevsky was dismissed from service in March 1915.[2] After the February Revolution, from March to June 1917, he served as the commander of the Kazan Military District.

References

  1. ^ W.E.D. Allen and Paul Muratoff, Caucasian Battlefields, A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border, 1828-1921, The Battery Press, Nashville, TN, 242. OCLC 1102813
  2. ^ W.E.D. Allen and Paul Muratoff, Caucasian Battlefields, A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border, 1828-1921, The Battery Press, Nashville, TN, 269, n2. OCLC 1102813