Drozdovsky Lev Antonovich ( February 15, 1869 - December 1951 ) - Coronet General of the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic and Major General of the Tsarist Army . Member of the Russian-Japanese and World War I.
| Lev Antonovich Drozdovsky | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Levko Antonovich Drozdovskiy | |
| Date of Birth | February 15, 1869 |
| Place of Birth | Derazhnya , Podolsk province , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | 1951 |
| Place of death | Lima , Peru |
| Affiliation |  Russian Empire →  UNR |
| Type of army | |
| Rank |  major general  Coronet General |
| Battles / wars | Russian-Japanese war World War I Revolution and Civil War in Ukraine |
| Awards and prizes |    |
Biography
Born in the city of Derazhnya, Podolsk province (according to other sources, in the city of Kerch in a family of immigrants from Podolia ). He graduated from the Kerch Alexander Classical Gymnasium, Novorossiysk University in 1892 .
He received his military education at the Kiev Infantry Junker School , and subsequently graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in the 1st category.
He participated in the Russo-Japanese War . During World War I, from December 1, 1915 to February 8, 1917, the commander of the 137th Nezhin Regiment , later the chief of staff of the 52nd Infantry Division and the chief of staff of the 1st Guards Corps .
The last rank in the tsarist army is Major General .
In the UPR Army since 1918. In 1918 , he was the 1st Quartermaster General of the General Staff of the UPR Army, and from October 25, 1918, the UPR military attache in Switzerland and Italy .
Since 1920 - in exile, lived for 17 years in Abyssinia , since 1948 - in Peru. Died and buried in the city of Lima ( Peru ).
Sources
- Tinchenko, Y. Yu. Ofitsersky Corps of the Army of the Ukrainian National People's Republic (1917-1921). Book I. - K.: Tempora, 2007. - ISBN 966-8201-26-4 .
- Dovidnik z istorії Ukrainy / ed. І. Z. Pidkovi, R. M. Shusta. - K.: Genesis, 2001 .-- ISBN 966-504-439-7 .
- Drozdovsky Lev Antonovich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".