Mikhail Mikhailovich Pleshkov

Mikhail Mikhailovich Pleshkov
Mikhail Mikhailovich Pleshkov
Born	November 13, 1856; Russian Empire
Died	21 May 1927 (aged 70); Harbin, China
Allegiance	Russian Empire; White Movement
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army; White Army
Commands held	7th Cavalry Division; 1st Siberian Army Corps
Battles/wars	World War I; Russian Civil War

Mikhail Mikhailovich Pleshkov (November 13, 1856 – May 21, 1927) was an Imperial Russian division and corps commander. After the October Revolution, he fought against the Bolsheviks and after the subsequent civil war, he emigrated to the Republic of China. His son, Mikhail Pleshkov, also served as a general in the White Movement in the Far East.

Pleshkov (center) with Admiral Kolchak and Dr. Pavel Popov, 1918.

Awards

Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class, 1886
Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1895
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1900
Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1906
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov) (December 6, 1910)
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class (December 6, 1913)
Gold Sword for Bravery (November 26, 1914)
Order of Saint George, 4th degree (March 10, 1915)
Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire) (April 9, 1915)
Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky (March 15, 1916)

Preceded by	Commander of the 7th Cavalry Division 1907–1912	Succeeded by
Preceded by Arkady Nikanorovich Nishenkov	Commander of the 1st Siberian Army Corps May 1912 – July 1917	Succeeded by Eugene A. Iskritsky

Sources

Российский государственный военно-исторический архив. Ф.407, оп.1, д.17, л.84.
Российский государственный исторический архив. Ф.496, оп.1, д.874.
Волков Е. В., Егоров Н. Д., Купцов И. В. Белые генералы Восточного фронта Гражданской войны: Биографический справочник. Изд. Русский путь, 2003.
Залесский К.А. Кто был кто в Первой мировой войне. М., 2003. - С.481-482.
Кавалеры Императорского ордена Святого Александра Невского (1725-1917). Биобиблиографический словарь в трех томах. Т.3. - М., 2009. - С.824.

External links

Биография на Хроносе
"Mikhail Mikhailovich Pleshkov". «Russian army in a Great war» project.

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