Levitsky, Nikolai Arsenievich

In 1918 he joined the Red Army and the CPSU (b) , graduated from the Petrograd Military Engineering College .

Civil War

Since March 1918 he participated in the Civil War . In August 1918, he was the head of the Povorino-Balashovsky combat unit, from October 21, 1918 he was the commander of the technical company of the engineering battalion of the spare infantry regiment, on December 2, 1918 he was sent to the Red Army Military Academy for training, from April 13, 1919 - at the disposal of the headquarters of the Eastern Front , from May 2 to 11, 1919 - the commander of the Deroula group of forces, from June 30 to September 16, 1919 ^[1] - the chief of staff of the 1st cavalry division of the 1st Cavalry army , from October 6 to 26, 1919 - the chief of field staff 4 th army , since October 26, 1919 to May 26, 1920 Bucha senior year of the Military Academy, May 26, 1920 - sent to the disposal of the South-Western Front, and was appointed chief of staff of the Melitopol group of troops, from June 10 to July 1, 1920 - Operations Chief of Staff of the impact of military force, on July 1, 1920 - vr. etc. the chief of staff of the same group and a member of the PFR of the 13th Army , from July 28, 1920 - the commander of the 46th Infantry Division , from August 17, 1920 - the chief of staff of the 1st Infantry Division .

After the war

November 11, 1920 - was seconded for further training at the Military Academy, on December 10, enrolled in an additional course of the Academy, October 14, 1921 graduated from the full course of the Academy with a mark of "good." On October 12, 1921 he was seconded to the Office of the Headquarters of the Red Army, from October 5 to November 18, 1921 - the commander of the 27th Infantry Division , from November 20, 1921 - the commander of the 4th Infantry Division , from March 1923 - the commander of the 29th Vyatka rifle division , from November 1925 - in the reserve of the Red Army, from March 1931 - commander of the 168th Proletarian Rifle Regiment.

In the 30s he switched to teaching at the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze - since February 1932, a teacher, from November 1934 - the head of the department of military art. With the creation in 1936 of the Academy of the General Staff of the Red Army , N.A. Levitsky transferred to it, from May 1936 - senior head of the department of military history, from August 1940 - deputy head of the department of military history, from November 1940 - head of the department of military history of the Higher Special School of the General Staff. CM. Shtemenko , while studying at the academy, recalled:

The history of the Russo-Japanese War was read with the same fervor by Professor N. A. Levitsky. He freely presented the material and also captivated the audience with the details and ups and downs of battle or battle, recreating a visible picture of the struggle of the will and mind of military leaders.

- Shtemenko S.M. General Staff during the war

During the Great Patriotic War , teaching.

Died of illness in Ferghana in 1942.

• brigade commander - 12/05/1935
• major general - 06/04/1940

• Order of the Red Banner - 1923

• War of 1812 - 1938
• Leipzig operation 1813
• General Art of Napoleon - Military Publishing, 1938, 280 p.
• The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 - 1936 (the book was reprinted 4 times, the latest edition - M .: Eksmo Publishing House, Isographus; St. Petersburg: Terra Fantastica 2003.)

• "Winter War": work on the bugs (April-May 1940). Materials of the commissions of the Main Military Council of the Red Army to summarize the experience of the Finnish campaign. - M.:; St. Petersburg: Summer Garden, 2004.
• List of persons with higher general military education serving in the Red Army. - PG: Military. type of. The headquarters of the Red Army, 1923.
• Shtemenko S.M. General Staff during the war. - M .: Military Publishing, 1989.

• Biography in the photo album of V. Berdnikov
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