Nikolai Yanushkevich
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Nikolai Yanushkevich (1(13) March, 1868 — 1918) served as Chief of Staff of the General Headquarters (Stavka
) of the Imperial Russian Army
from March 1914 to September 1915 during World War I
.
. Head of the Legislative Section of the Chancellery of the Minister of War (1905–1911). Professor at the Academy of the General Staff (1910–1911). Assistant Manager of the Chancellery of the Minister of War (1911–1913). Professor and Head of the Academy of the General Staff (1913–1914).
He was appointed Chief of the General Staff in 1914. With the beginning of the First world war he was appointed Chief of Staff of the General Headquarters (Stavka
). His appointment as Chief of Staff owed as much to his political acceptability at court and to an attractive personality that endeared him to both the Tsar Nicholas II and Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich.
With Tsar Nicholas II's decision to take personal command of his armies in September 1915 both Grand Duke Nikolai and Yanushkevich were relieved of their posts. Yanushkevich followed the Grand Duke to the Caucasus Front where they were both supervising the continuing successful operations of Nikolai Yudenich until the February Revolution
of 1917.
He died during the Russian Civil War
in the Caucasus under unknown circumstances.
Stavka
Stavka was the term used to refer to a command element of the armed forces from the time of the Kievan Rus′, more formally during the history of Imperial Russia as administrative staff and General Headquarters during late 19th Century Imperial Russian armed forces and those of the Soviet Union...
) of the Imperial Russian Army
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian army consisted of around 938,731 regular soldiers and 245,850 irregulars . Until the time of military reform of Dmitry Milyutin in...
from March 1914 to September 1915 during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
.
Life
Graduate of the Nicholas Academy of the General StaffGeneral Staff Academy (Imperial Russia)
The General Staff Academy was a Russian military academy, established in 1832 in St.Petersburg. It was first known as the Imperial Military Academy , then in 1855 it was renamed Nicholas General Staff Academy and in 1909 - Imperial Nicholas Military Academy The General Staff Academy was a...
. Head of the Legislative Section of the Chancellery of the Minister of War (1905–1911). Professor at the Academy of the General Staff (1910–1911). Assistant Manager of the Chancellery of the Minister of War (1911–1913). Professor and Head of the Academy of the General Staff (1913–1914).
He was appointed Chief of the General Staff in 1914. With the beginning of the First world war he was appointed Chief of Staff of the General Headquarters (Stavka
Stavka
Stavka was the term used to refer to a command element of the armed forces from the time of the Kievan Rus′, more formally during the history of Imperial Russia as administrative staff and General Headquarters during late 19th Century Imperial Russian armed forces and those of the Soviet Union...
). His appointment as Chief of Staff owed as much to his political acceptability at court and to an attractive personality that endeared him to both the Tsar Nicholas II and Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich.
With Tsar Nicholas II's decision to take personal command of his armies in September 1915 both Grand Duke Nikolai and Yanushkevich were relieved of their posts. Yanushkevich followed the Grand Duke to the Caucasus Front where they were both supervising the continuing successful operations of Nikolai Yudenich until the February Revolution
February Revolution
The February Revolution of 1917 was the first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917. Centered around the then capital Petrograd in March . Its immediate result was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, the end of the Romanov dynasty, and the end of the Russian Empire...
of 1917.
He died during the 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...
in the Caucasus under unknown circumstances.
Honours and awards
- Order of Saint StanislausOrder of Saint StanislausThe Order of Saint Stanislaus , also spelled Stanislas, was an Order in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and The Kingdom of Poland between 1765 and 1831 and of Russian Empire from 1831 to 1917.-History of the Order of Saint Stanislaus:Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland, established the...
, 3rd class (1893); 2nd class (1902); 1st class (10 April 1911) - Order of St. AnnaOrder of St. AnnaThe Order of St. Anna ) is a Holstein and then Russian Imperial order of chivalry established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp on 14 February 1735, in honour of his wife Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great of Russia...
, 3rd class (1898); 1st class (29 December 1913) - Order of St. VladimirOrder of St. VladimirThe Cross of Saint Vladimir was an Imperial Russian Order established in 1782 by Empress Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of the Kievan Rus....
, 4th class (1905); 3rd class (1907) - Order of St. GeorgeOrder of St. GeorgeThe Military Order of the Holy Great-Martyr and the Triumphant George The Military Order of the Holy Great-Martyr and the Triumphant George The Military Order of the Holy Great-Martyr and the Triumphant George (also known as Order of St. George the Triumphant, Russian: Военный орден Св...
, 4th class (23 September 1914)
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