Abram Dragomirov

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Abram Mikhailovich Dragomirov
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Born21 April [ O.S. 9] 1868
Chernigov, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedDecember 9, 1955(1955-12-09) (aged 87)
Paris, France
AllegianceFlag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire
Flag of Russia.svg White movement
Naval Ensign of Russia.svg Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia
Service / branch Flag of Russia.svg Imperial Russian Army
Flag of Russia.svg Armed Forces of South Russia
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Liberation Army
Years of service1884–1945
Rank General of the Cavalry
Unit Semyonovsky Regiment
2nd Caucasus Cavalry Division
Commands 9th Army Corps
5th Army
Kiev Army Corps
Battles / wars

Abram Mikhailovich Dragomirov (Russian : Абра́м Миха́йлович Драгоми́ров, tr. Abrám Michájlovič Dragomírov; Ukrainian : Абрам Михайлович Драгомиров; 21 April [ O.S. 9] 1868 9 December 1955) was a General in the Imperial Russian Army. Following the Russian Revolution he joined Anton Denikin in the Volunteer Army.

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Youth

He was the son of Russian General Mikhail Dragomirov and brother of Vladimir Dragomirov.

In 1902–1903, he was chief of staff of the 7th Cavalry Division, and later of the 10th Cavalry Division. In 1912 he became commander of the Kaunas Fortress.

First World War

He started the War at the head of the 2nd Cavalry brigade and in December 1914 became as a General head of the 16th Cavalry Division. He led the 9th Army Corps in 1915–1916, the 5th Army between August 1916 and April 1917 and the Northern Front until June 1917.

Russian Civil War and exile

According to Peter Kenez, "Before coming to the Kuban, General Dragomirov had been working with Shulgin in various anti-Bolshevik activities in Kiev." He became the third most powerful man in the Volunteer Army after Denikin and Mikhail Alekseyev. In October 1918, he became the chairman of the Special Council. [1]

After the defeat of the White Army, he was evacuated to Constantinople. He moved to Serbia and in 1931 to France.

Dragomirov joined Andrey Vlasov's pro-German Russian Liberation Army during World War II. [2]

He lived the last 10 years of his life in France and was buried in the Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery.

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References

  1. Kenez, Peter (2004). Red Attack, White Resistance; Civil War in South Russia 1918. Washington, DC: New Academia Publishing. pp. 192–200. ISBN   9780974493442.
  2. Cherniaev, Vladimir Iu. (1997). "The White Generals". In Edward Acton, Vladimir Iu. Cherniaev, and William G. Rosenberg (eds.) Critical Companion to the Russian Revolution, 1914-1921 . Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 215. ISBN   978-0-253-33333-9.