Parsky, Dmitry Pavlovich

From the nobles of the Tula province. He was educated in the Oryol Cadet Corps , entered service on September 1, 1884. In 1886 he graduated from the 2nd Konstantinovsky Military School , was released as second lieutenant (st. 11.08.1886) to the 46th Dnieper Infantry Regiment. Lieutenant (Art. 07.08.1889). In 1893 he graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in the first category.

Since April 30, 1894 - Senior Adjutant to the Headquarters of the 34th Infantry Division. Since August 21, 1895 - chief officer for assignments at the headquarters of the 7th Army Corps . Since February 2, 1896 - Senior Adjutant to the Headquarters of the 7th Army Corps. From March 16, 1900, he served as headquarters officer for assignments at the headquarters of the Odessa Military District ; from October 12, 1900, he was senior adjutant to the headquarters of the Odessa Military District.

He participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. On November 6, 1904, he was a senior adjutant of the headquarters quartermaster general of the Manchurian army. On October 2, 1905, he was seconded to the General Staff; on August 7, 1906, he was the clerk of the Central Administration of Civil Defense. He appeared in print, proving the need for reform in the army.

Since March 17, 1908 - commander of the 140th Zaraisk Infantry Regiment . Major General (Art.17.06.1910). Since June 17, 1910 - commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 46th Infantry Division .

World War I

At the beginning of World War I, he commanded a brigade. From August 9, 1915, he was in the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Kiev military district . Since October 17, 1915 - Head of the 55th Infantry Division . Since February 20, 1916 - commander of the Grenadier Corps (succeeded by A.N. Kuropatkin , who was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Front).

Since July 20, 1917 - commander of the 12th Army . On July 14 (27), 1917, on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the Front Armies, General V.N. Klembovsky, Ikskyulsky bridgehead was without a fight. On August 21 ( September 3 ), 1917 , army troops surrendered Riga and Ust-Dvinsk . The Riga operation had not only military, but also political significance. The surrender of Riga and the military threat that arose to Petrograd was used by the head of the interim government A.F. Kerensky and the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, General L.G. Kornilov, to concentrate all power exclusively in their hands. Since September 9, 1917 - commander of the 3rd Army .

Service in the Red Army

In February 1918, he hoped that, having come to power, the Bolsheviks would continue the war with the Germans, voluntarily joined the Red Army ^[1] . During the German offensive following the failure of the German-Soviet peace talks , he led the defense of Yamburg and Narva . From May 1918 - military instructor of the Northern section of the veil , in September - November 1918 - commander of the Northern Front (6th and 7th armies). Then he was arrested for three months in the Petrograd Cheka , released in February 1919. He is the editor-in-chief of the Military History Commission for the Study and Use of the Experience of the War of 1914-1918, a member of the commission for the development of charters (since June 1919), and a member of the Special Meeting at the Commander-in-Chief (since November 1919). He is the author of a number of articles in the Military History Collection (1919-1920) on the history of the First World War. Died of typhoid.

• Order of St. Stanislav 3rd degree (1896);
• Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree (1900);
• Order of St. Stanislav 2nd degree (1903);
• Order of St. Anne of the 2nd degree with swords (1906);
• Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with swords and bow (1906);
• Order of St. Vladimir 3rd degree (VP 31.01.1910);
• Order of St. Stanislav of the 1st degree (VP 06.12.1913);
• Order of St. Anne of the 1st degree with swords (VP ​​4.01.1915);
• Order of St. George 4th degree (VP 02.06.1915);
• Order of St. Vladimir of the 2nd degree with swords (VP ​​12.06.1915);
• St. George's Arms (VP 25.04.1916).

• Memoirs and thoughts of the last war (1904-1905), St. Petersburg, 1906;
• The reasons for our failures in the war with Japan. Necessary reforms in the army, St. Petersburg, 1906.
• The battle of the 2nd brigade of the 46th division with the Austrians at Velenche, Mikhalev (Bodachev) on August 13/26, 1914. // Military historical collection, M., 1919, Vol. 1. p. 51-69.
• To the question of the preparation and conduct of foot reconnaissance. // Military historical collection, M., 1919, Vol. 2.
• Memories and thoughts about life and service in the Yamburg detachment of the Red Army in March-April 1918 // Military-historical collection, M., 1919, Vol. 2.
• The operation of units of the XXX Army Corps on a rod and in the foothills of the Carpathians between Delyatin - Kolomyia May 19-24 (June 1-6) 1915 (Prut Operation). // Military historical collection, M., 1920, Vol. 3.
• Retreat 80. infantry. divisions from the Prut to the Dniester at the end of May (at the beginning of June) 1915 // Military-historical collection, M., 1920, Vol. four.

• Parsky, Dmitry Pavlovich (neopr.) . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".
• A. Kavtaradze. Riga Operation 1917
• Ganin A.V. The first red combat general: Dmitry Pavlovich Parsky // Russian collection. Research on the history of Russia. T. 16.M., 2014.S. 205-294.