Dimitri Nikolaevich Nadjoznyj
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Dmitry Nikolayevich Nadyozhny ' onMouseout='HidePop("28869")' href="/topics/Nizhny_Novgorod">Nizhny Novgorod
- 22 February 1945, Moscow
) was a commander in the Russian Imperial Army who later joined the Red Army
. He rose to lieutenant general and fought in the First World War and Russian Civil War
, commanding the Red Army's northern front in the latter.
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
- 22 February 1945, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
) was a commander in the Russian Imperial Army who later joined the Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
. He rose to lieutenant general and fought in the First World War and Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
, commanding the Red Army's northern front in the latter.