Alexei Yermolajewitsch Ewert
Alexei Yermolajewitsch Ewert ( Russian Алексей Ермолаевич Эверт ; born March 4, 1857 in Moscow , † May 10, 1926 in Wereja ) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I , known for his command of the Russian Western Front in the Brusilov Offensive .
Career
After graduating from the Alexander Military School in 1876, he joined the Imperial Russian Army. In 1882 he graduated from the General Staff Academy and then served on the staff of the 3rd Infantry Division from 1882 to 1886, in the Warsaw Military District from 1888 to 1893 and then with the XI., IV. And V Army Corps. During the Russo-Japanese War he was the Chief of Staff of the Manchurian Army . Between May 21, 1908 and June 19, 1912 he was Commanding General of the XIII. Army Corps, after which he took over the Irkutsk Military District . On April 10, 1911, he was promoted to General of the Infantry .
In the first World War
At the beginning of the war, instead of General Anton von Saltza, who had been thrown back in the Battle of Kraśnik , he took over command of the 4th Army in Galicia on 23 August 1914 . In mid-September the Russian southwest front had followed the Austrians to the San Line . General Ivanov in command then moved Ewert's army to the area north of Ivangorod . In October the 4th Army, together with the 9th Army, played a decisive role in the victory over the Austro-Hungarian 1st Army during the Battle of the Vistula .
At the end of August 1915, General Ewert was promoted to commander in chief of the western front, which was pushed back between Lida and Prypiat . After the unsuccessful battle on Lake Naratsch in March 1916, he also took part in the Brusilov offensive in the summer of the same year . The attacks he made at Baranowitschi could be repulsed by the German army division Woyrsch . In March 1917 he was replaced by General of the Infantry Vladimir Smirnov as a result of the February Revolution .
medal
- George Order , 3rd Class (October 8, 1915)
- Order of St. Anna , 1st class (1907)
- Order of Saint Stanislaus , 1st Class with Swords (February 28, 1906)
- Order of St. Vladimir , 2nd class (December 6, 1912)
- Order of the White Eagle , (January 10, 1915)
- Alexander Nevsky Order , with Swords (January 10, 1915)
literature
- Morrow, John Howard: The Great War: An Imperial History. Routledge, 2003, ISBN 0-415-20439-9 , p. 136 ff.
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| SURNAME | Ewert, Alexei Yermolajewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Эверт, Алексей Ермолаевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian general in World War I |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1926 |
| Place of death | Wereja |