Mikhail Drozdovsky
Mikhail Gordeevich Drozdovsky | |
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General Mikhail Drozdovsky | |
| Born | October 7, 1881 Kiev, Russian Empire |
| Died | January 1, 1919 (aged 37) Rostov-on-Don, South Russia |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Provisional Government Russian Republic General Command of South Russia |
| Branch | Russian Imperial Army Russian Army (1917) White Army |
| Years of service | 1899–1919 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Battles / wars | Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian Civil War (DOW) |
Mikhail Gordeevich Drozdovsky (Russian: Михаил Гордеевич Дроздовский; Ukrainian: Михайло Гордійович Дроздовський, romanized: Mykhailo Hordiyovych Drozdovs'kyy; October 7, 1881 – January 1, 1919) was a Russian army general and one of the military leaders of the anti-Bolshevik White movement during the Russian Civil War. In early 1918 he led a regiment of volunteers from the Romanian Front on a march to southern Russia, where they joined the Volunteer Army of the White movement.