Mikhail Alekseyev

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Russian general of infantry (1857-1918)

PoliticiansLived 1857 to 1918 · aged 60

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Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War.

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Alekseyev's grave at the New Cemetery, Belgrade.

Battleship General Alekseyev of the white fleet was named after Alekseyev.

Awards 21

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Order of Saint Anna, 1st class

Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class

Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class

Order of Saint Anna, 4th class

Order of the White Eagle

Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class

Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class

Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class

Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class

Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class

Gold Sword for Bravery

Order of St. George, 4th class

Order of Saint Vladimir 4th class with swords and bow

Order of St. Anne 3rd class with swords and bow

Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class with swords

Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov)

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Officer of the Legion of Honour

Order of the Crown

Cross "Danube Crossing"

In their orbit 1

ChildVera Michajlovna Aleksejeva-Borel'

Connected to Mikhail 6

Boris ShaposhnikovAlso won Order of Saint Vladimir 4th class with swords and bow

Aleksei BrusilovAlso won Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov)

Nikolai YudenichAlso won Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class with swords

Anton DenikinAlso won Order of St. Anne 3rd class with swords and bow

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of RussiaAlso won Cross "Danube Crossing"

Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl WavellAlso won Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

About this person

Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Between 1915 and 1917, he served as Tsar Nicholas II's Chief of Staff of the Stavka, and after the February Revolution, was its commander-in-chief under the Russian Provisional Government from March to May 1917. He later played a principal role in founding the Volunteer Army in the Russian Civil War and died in 1918 of heart failure while fighting the Bolsheviks in the Volga region.

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