Nikolai Petrovich Linewitsch
Nikolai Linevich ( Russian Николай Петрович Линевич * December 24, 1838 . Jul / 5. January 1839 greg. , † 10 . Jul / 23. April 1908 . Greg ), also Lenevich or Linevitch called, was an officer in the Imperial Russian Army , Infantry General (1903) and Adjutant General in the Far East during the Russo-Japanese War .
Life
Born in Saint Petersburg to a Polish family, he began his military career as a cadet in 1855. He served in the 75th Infantry Regiment stationed in Sevastopol . He gained his first combat experience against tribal warriors from the Caucasus. In the Russo-Ottoman War (1877-1878) he made a name for himself and was commander of the Southern Ussuri Division in 1895.
Linewitsch commanded the First Siberian Army Corps during the Boxer Rebellion . In 1900 he took part in the Battle of Beijing. In 1903 he was appointed Commander of the Priamur Region as Governor General of Dauria . When the Russo-Japanese War broke out, he was temporarily in command of the Russian Army in Manchuria until General Alexei Nikolayevich Kuropatkin arrived on March 15, 1904. Between October 1904 and March 3, 1905, he again commanded the Russian Army in Manchuria. After the Russian defeat in the Battle of Mukden , General Kuropatkin was relieved of his command and Linevich was put in his place. Linewitsch repeatedly asked the tsar to approve supplies. He would need a troop ratio of 1.5: 1 to venture an offensive against the Japanese. He was also against the armistice negotiations with Japan. After the Treaty of Portsmouth the war ended. Linewitsch witnessed the withdrawal of Russian troops from Manchuria and the Russian workers' uprisings. He was reluctant to take military action against the workers.
When the Russian Revolution broke out in 1905 , he hesitated in putting down the uprising and was relieved of his command. He spent the rest of his life in retirement.
literature
- Connaughton, RM (1988). The War of the Rising Sun and the Tumbling Bear — A Military History of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-5 , London, ISBN 0-415-00906-5 .
- Jukes, Geoffry. The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 . Osprey Essential Histories. (2002). ISBN 978-1-84176-446-7 .
- Warner, Denis & Peggy. The Tide at Sunrise, A History of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 . (1975). ISBN 0-7146-5256-3 .
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- This article is based on a translation of the equivalent article on Wikipedia.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Linewitsch, Nikolai Petrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Линевич, Николай Петрович (Russian); Lenevich, Nikolai; Linevitch, Nikolai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian officer, general of the infantry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1839 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1908 |