Mikhail Bonch-Bruyevich (commander)

Mikhail Bonch-Bruyevich
General Bonch-Bruyevich
Born(1870-02-24)24 February 1870
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died3 August 1956(1956-08-03) (aged 86)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Russian Empire (1892–1917)
 Russian SFSR (1918–1919)
Branch Imperial Russian Army
Red Army
Years of service1892–1919
RankMajor General (Russia)
Lieutenant General (Soviet)
Battles / wars
RelationsVladimir Bonch-Bruyevich (brother)

Mikhail Dmitriyevich Bonch-Bruyevich (Russian: Михаи́л Дми́триевич Бонч-Бруе́вич; 24 February [O.S. 12 February] 1870 – 3 August 1956) was an Imperial Russian and Soviet military commander (Lieutenant General from 1944). His family belonged to the nobility of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

The son of a land surveyor and a member of the minor nobility, he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Surveying - and later from the General Staff Academy. From 1892 to 1895 Bonch-Bruyevich served as an officer with the Lithuanian Guards Regiment, posted at Warsaw.