Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov

Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov
Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov
Born	July 4, 1849
Died	November 1, 1918; Pyatigorsk
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Rank	General of the Infantry
Commands held	131st Infantry Regiment; 18th Infantry Division; 2nd Siberian Army Corps; 20th Army Corps; 2nd Army; Western Front
Battles/wars	Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878); World War I Battle of Tannenberg; ;

Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov (July 4, 1849 – November 1, 1918) was an Imperial Russian Army general who was division, corps and army commander. He fought in the war against the Ottoman Empire.

Awards

Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1878
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1883
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1887
Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1891
Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1897
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1900
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1904
Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class (December 6, 1911)
Order of Saint George, 4th degree (October 25, 1914)
Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1914

Military offices
Preceded by	Chief of Staff of the 5th Infantry Division 1884–1891	Succeeded by Alexander Iosafovich Ievreinov
Preceded by	Commander of the 131st Infantry Regiment 1891–1894	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commander of the 18th Infantry Division 1901–1906	Succeeded by
Preceded by Mikhail Zasulich	Commander of the 2nd Siberian Army Corps 1906–1908	Succeeded by
Preceded by Vladimir Alexandrovich Bekman	Commander of the 20th Army Corps 1908–1914	Succeeded by Pavel Bulgakov
Preceded by Sergei Scheidemann	Commander of the 2nd Army December 1914 – April 1917	Succeeded by Anthony Andreyvich Veselovsky
Preceded by Alexei Evert	Commander of the Western Front March 11–31, 1917	Succeeded by Vasily Gurko

Sources

Военный дневник великого князя Андрея Владимировича Романова. (1914—1917). — Москва. Издательство им. Сабашниковых,2008.- ISBN 5-8242-0097-1.
Джунковский В. Ф. Воспоминания (1915—1917). Том 3. — М.: Издательство им. Сабашниковых, 2015.- ISBN 978-5-8242-0143-7.
Залесский К. А. Кто был кто в Первой мировой войне. М., 2003.
Рутыч Н. Н. Биографический справочник высших чинов Добровольческой армии и Вооруженных Сил Юга России. М., 2002.
Список генералам по старшинству. Составлен по 1 сентября 1896 года. СПб., 1896
Список генералам по старшинству. Составлен по 15 апреля 1914 года. Пг., 1914
"Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov". «Russian army in a Great war» project.
Фотография генерала Смирнова

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