Dragomirov Abram Mikhailovich ( 1868 - 1955 ) - Russian general from the cavalry . Member of the First World War and Civil War on the side of the White movement .
| Abram Mikhailovich Dragomirov | |||||||||
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| Date of Birth | April 21, 1868 | ||||||||
| Place of Birth | Chernihiv province , Russia | ||||||||
| Date of death | December 9, 1955 (87 years old) | ||||||||
| A place of death | Gagny near Paris , France | ||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian Empire White movement | ||||||||
| Type of army | cavalry | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1884-1939 | ||||||||
| Rank | cavalry general | ||||||||
| Commanded | 2nd Separate Cavalry Brigade, 16th Cavalry Division, 9th Army Corps , 5th Army , Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Front (Great War) , Commander-in-Chief of the Kiev Region , Chairman of the Special Council | ||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I , Civil War | ||||||||
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Biography
Education and military service
The son of General-from-Infantry Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov and his wife Sophia Abramovna Grigorovich (1845-1912).
At the end of the Page Corps in 1887, he was released as second lieutenant in the Life Guards Semyonovsky Regiment . August 7, 1891 promoted to lieutenant . In 1893 he graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in the 1st category, with a small silver medal. On May 20, 1893, for the difference, he was promoted to headquarters captain of the guard, renamed to captain of the General Staff. He continued his service in the Caucasus Military District , first from November 1893, as a senior adjutant to the headquarters of the 2nd Caucasian Cossack Division , then from August 1895 he was chief officer for special assignments under the commander of the Caucasian Military District. To study the technical side of the cavalry service, he was seconded to the Officer Cavalry School from October 1895 to August 1896. The squadron’s censored command served from November 1896 to November 1897 in the 44th Dragoon Nizhny Novgorod regiment , then held a number of staff posts. December 6, 1898 promoted to lieutenant colonel , December 6, 1902 - to colonel . From December 1902 to February 1903 - Chief of Staff of the 7th Cavalry Division, then appointed Chief of Staff of the 10th Cavalry Division. From May to August 1912 - chief of staff of the Koven Fortress , May 21, 1912 was promoted to major general “ for distinction ”.
World War I
Sitting : Yu. N. Danilov , A. I. Litvinov , N. V. Ruzsky , R. D. Radko-Dmitriev , A. M. Dragomirov Stand : V. G. Boldyrev , I. Z. Odishelidze , V. V Belyaev , E.K. Miller Photo, approx. 1917
Since November 27, 1912, in the post of chief of the 2nd separate cavalry brigade, with which he entered the First World War . August 16, 1914 promoted to lieutenant general . Since December 12, 1914 - the head of the 16th cavalry division, which was deployed on the basis of the 2nd separate cavalry brigade. Since April 6, 1915, he was appointed commander of the 9th Army Corps , which was part of the 3rd Army . In the spring of 1915, during the breakthrough ( Gorlitsky breakthrough ) by the German troops of General A. von Mackensen, the positions of the 3rd army on the Gorlice - Tarnow section and the ensuing catastrophe, tried to organize resistance to the advancing enemy troops. Against his corps deployed along the Danube , the enemy concentrated the 4th Austro-Hungarian army of Archduke Joseph-Ferdinand (the 9th, 14th Austro-Hungarian and 22nd reserve German corps). On April 19 (May 2), his positions were attacked by superior enemy forces. Despite this, Dragomirov repelled the attack of the 4th Austro-Hungarian army and continued to maintain its position on the Danube. However, due to a general catastrophe that befell the army, General R. D. Radko-Dmitriev on April 24 (May 6) issued an order to leave San . During these battles, Dragomirov’s corps suffered huge losses. During the Lobchevsky battle of May 19-21 (June 1-3), the corps accounted for the greatest success, it was Dragomirov’s units who took most of the 7 thousand prisoners and 6 guns. Then for some time he commanded the cavalry corps of the 7th Army of General Shcherbachev during an unsuccessful breakthrough on the Stripe.
Since August 14, 1916 - commander of the 5th Army of the Northern Front . In August 1916 he was promoted to general from the cavalry . According to the plan of the 1917 campaign, Dragomirov’s army, reinforced up to 14 divisions, was entrusted with delivering the main blow of the front - from Dvinsk to Sventsyany . On April 29, 1917 he was appointed commander in chief of the armies of the Northern Front. After a meeting held on May 4, 1917 in the Winter Palace , where General Dragomirov sharply spoke out about the Declaration of the Rights of Servicemen, he was relieved of his post on June 1, 1917, after which he was at the disposal of the Minister of War. At the end of 1917 he left for the Don .
White
In the White Movement, he served as the 2nd Deputy Chairman of the Special Meeting and Assistant to the Supreme Leader of the Volunteer Army , then from October 1918 to September 1919 - as Chairman of the Special Meeting. In the summer of 1919, he negotiated in Paris with the governments of Admiral Kolchak and the Entente countries for help to the south of Russia . From September to December 1919 - the commander of the troops of the Kiev region . Since January 2, 1920, he was at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the All - Union Socialist League . In March 1920, he was the chairman of the Military Council, assembled by order of the Supreme Commander of the All-Union Socialist Liberation Union, General Denikin A.I., to elect his successor. September 4, 1920 was appointed chairman of the Committee of the Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker . In 1920-1924 - General for errands under the commander in chief of the Russian army, Lieutenant General Baron Wrangel .
In exile
After the defeat of the white armies, he was evacuated from Sevastopol to Constantinople , from where he then moved to Serbia , and in 1931 to France . He took an active part in the activities of the ROVS , in 1924-1939. - General for assignments under the chairman of the ROVS, from June 1931 to August 1934 - chairman of the district board of the Society of Officers of the General Staff of the 1st Division of the ROVS. In 1934 he moved to Serbia, and then to Austria . During World War II, advocated for the support of the movement of General Vlasov A. A. and at the beginning of 1945 he was appointed to the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Russian Liberation Army . Died in near Paris . He was buried in the cemetery of Saint-Genève-des-Bois .
Rewards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd degree (1896)
- Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree (1897)
- Order of St. Stanislav 2nd degree (1901)
- Order of St. Anne of the 2nd degree (1905)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th degree (1908)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd degree (1913)
- Order of St. George 4th degree (1914)
- Order of St. George 3rd degree (1915)
Links
- CHRONO. Dragomirov Abram Mikhailovich
- Dragomirov Abram Mikhailovich ← Russian Portrait Gallery ← All-Photo.ru:
- Dragomirov, Abram Mikhailovich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".
- White Guard website. Dragomirov Abram Mikhailovich