Mikhail Bonch-Bruyevich (commander)
Mikhail Bonch-Bruyevich | |
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General Bonch-Bruyevich | |
| Born | 24 February 1870 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | 3 August 1956 (aged 86) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire (1892–1917) Russian SFSR (1918–1919) |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army Red Army |
| Years of service | 1892–1919 |
| Rank | Major General (Russia) Lieutenant General (Soviet) |
| Battles / wars | |
| Relations | Vladimir 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.