Leonid Lesh

Leonid Vilgelmovich Lesh (Russian, Леонид Вильгельмович Леш, January 9, 1862 – August 28, 1934) was an Imperial Russian army commander. He served in China and fought in the war against the Empire of Japan. After the October Revolution of 1917, he fought against the Bolsheviks. With the defeat of the White Army in the civil war, he emigrated to Yugoslavia. He died in what is now Croatia.

Leonid Vilgelmovich Lesh
BornJanuary 9, 1862
DiedAugust 28, 1934
Dubrovnik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Allegiance Russian Empire
White Movement
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
Commands held1st Siberian Rifle Regiment
2nd Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division
2nd Guards Infantry Division
12th Army Corps
3rd Army
Battles/warsBoxer Rebellion
Russo-Japanese War
World War I
Russian Civil War

Awards

References

    Preceded by
    Commander of the 1st Siberian Rifle Regiment
    1904-1905
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by
    Commander of the 2nd Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division
    1906–1907
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by
    Commander of the 2nd Guards Infantry Division
    1910–1912
    Succeeded by
    Vasily Flug
    Preceded by
    Aleksei Brusilov
    Commander of the 12th Army Corps
    1914–1915
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by
    Radko Dimitriev
    Commander of the 3rd Army
    1915–1917
    Succeeded by
    Mikhail Kvetsinsky


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