Alexander Myshlayevsky

Alexander Zakharevich Myshlayevsky (18561920) was a Russian general during World War I. He was the deputy commander of the Caucasian 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]

Alexander Zakharevich Myshlayevsky
General Alexander Myshlayevsky
Native name
Александр Захаревич Мышлаевский
Born24 March [O.S. 12] 1856
Zlatopol (now part of Novomyrhorod), Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died1920
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
Years of service1874  1920
RankGeneral of the Infantry
Commands heldCaucasian Army
Caucasus Military District
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.
  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.
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