Radko-Dmitriyev (at the birth of Radko Ruskov Dimitriev ; September 24, 1859 , village Gradets, Ottoman Empire - November 1, 1918, Pyatigorsk ) - Bulgarian and Russian general.
| Radko-Dmitriev | |
|---|---|
 Radko-Dmitriev | |
| Birth | September 24, 1859 Hradec , Ottoman Empire |
| Death | November 1, 1918 (59 years old) Pyatigorsk , RSFSR |
| Education | |
| Awards | |
| Military service | |
| Years of service |  1876 - 1914 1914 - 1917 |
| Affiliation | Russian empire |
| Type of army | |
| Rank | Infantry General |
| Battles | Russian-Turkish war (1877β1878) , Serbian-Bulgarian war , First Balkan War , Second Balkan War , World War I |
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Biography
He studied at the gymnasium in Gabrovo . Participated in the April 1876 uprising . During the Russian-Turkish war of 1877β1878, he was enlisted in the Life Guards of the Ulansky regiment of the Russian army. After Bulgaria gained independence, he graduated from a military school in Sofia (1879) and in the rank of captain of the Nikolaev Military Academy in St. Petersburg (1884).
During the Serbian-Bulgarian War of 1885 - Assistant Chief of Staff of the Western Corps. One of the participants of the pro-Russian military coup in 1886, Prince Alexander I of Battenberg, who had overthrown the throne. After the counter-coup went to Romania .
In 1898 he returned to Bulgaria, where he was appointed chief of staff of the 5th Danube Infantry Division. In 1900-1904 chief of the operational department of the Bulgarian General Staff, in 1904-1907 chief of the General Staff. He commanded the 3rd Bulgarian army during the First Balkan War . During the Second Balkan War, he served as assistant to the commander-in-chief of the army.
C 1914 was the Bulgarian envoy in St. Petersburg. With the beginning of World War I entered the service in the Russian army. He commanded the 8th Army Corps , 3rd Army . Under Gorlitsa , his army, to which the main blow of the German troops was directed, suffered heavy losses and retreated. After that, Radko-Dmitriev was replaced as commander of the army by General L.V. Leshem . He commanded the 2nd and 7th Siberian corps. From March 20, 1916 - Commander of the 12th Army , located in the Riga region. On July 9 (22), the 12th Army under the command of RD Radko-Dmitrieva launched an attack on Bausk . Six-day battles yielded no results, the losses of the 12th army amounted to 15,000 people [1] . Half a year later he commanded the Russian troops during the Mitava operation .
On July 20, 1917 in the reserve ranks at the headquarters of the Petrograd Military District. On January 1, 1918, retired. He left for treatment in Kislovodsk . There he was captured by the Reds and, by order of the chairman of the local Cheka, Atarbekov was hacked to pieces in Pyatigorsk on November 1, 1918, together with a group of hostages in response to the mutiny of I. L. Sorokin [2] [3] . He was buried also in Pyatigorsk.
Memory
In honor of the general named settlement in Bulgaria - Radko-Dimitrievo
Notes
- β Kersnovsky A.A. History of the Russian army. - M .: Eksmo, 2006. - Vol. 4, Ch. 15.
- β MILITARY LITERATURE - [Military History] - A.I. Denikin. Essays on Russian Distemper
- β Feltishinsky, Yu.G. Red Terror during the civil war. According to the materials of the Special Investigation Commission for the investigation of the atrocities of the Bolsheviks: [ rus ] . - Moscow, 2004.
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Radko Dmitriev
- Biography on the site "Chronos"
- Radko-Dmitriev, Radko Dmitrievich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War."
- Butakov, I. How the Bulgarian ambassador became a Russian general.
- Biography on istoriya-kg.ru