Nikolai Nikolayevich Duchonin
Nikolay Dukhonin ( Russian Николай Николаевич Духонин * 1. jul. / 13. December 1876 greg. Smolensk , † November 20 jul. / 3 December 1917 greg. In Mogilev ) was the last commander in chief of the Imperial Russian Army .
As a high-ranking officer , after the attempted military coup by General Kornilov in September 1917, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian army . Since he did not obey Lenin's orders to end the war against the Central Powers, he was murdered on November 20 at the headquarters of the Stavka in Mogilev by Red Guards led by Nikolai Krylenko . Krylenko was appointed by Lenin to succeed him at the head of the armed forces. After his death, his widow was able to secretly transport the body to Kiev, where his ashes were found on November 26th . / December 9, 1917 greg. was buried in the Lukjanivska cemetery .
literature
- Evan Mawdsley : The Russian Civil War , Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, 2005 ISBN 1-84341-024-9
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ biography on the Russian website peoples.ru ; accessed on February 16, 2017 (Russian)
- ↑ The last Russian commander from Kiev Nikolai Duchonin on peoples.ru ; accessed on February 16, 2017 (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duchonin, Nikolai Nikolajewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Николай Николаевич Духонин (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Commander in Chief of the Tsarist Army of Russia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Smolensk Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1917 |
| Place of death | Mogilev |