Alexander Sergeyevich Lukomsky (10 July 1868 – 25 January 1939 in Paris) was a
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
military commander, General Staff, Lieutenant-General (April 1916). He fought for the
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...
during the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
and was one of the organizers of
Volunteer army
The Volunteer Army (russian: Добровольческая армия, translit=Dobrovolcheskaya armiya, abbreviated to russian: Добрармия, translit=Dobrarmiya) was a White Army active in South Russia during the Russian Civil War from ...
during the
Russian Civil War
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.
Lukomsky graduated from
Nikolayev Engineering Institute as a
military engineer
Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and military communications. Military engineers are also responsible for logistics b ...
, now
Military engineering-technical university
The Saint Petersburg Military Engineering-Technical University (Nikolaevsky) (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Военный инженерно-технический университет, VITU), previously known as the Saint Pet ...
(Russian: Военный инженерно-технический университет).
Lukomsky fought alongside
Anton Denikin
Anton Ivanovich Denikin (russian: Анто́н Ива́нович Дени́кин, link= ; 16 December Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._4_December.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New St ...
during the Russian Civil War and visited
Nikolai Romanov, one of the pretenders to the Tzarist throne following the
Iași Conference
The Iași Conference, historically known as the Jassy Conference, was a gathering of anti-Bolshevik political figures that met in Iași, the temporary capital of Romania at the time from November 16 through December 6, 1918. The conference was orga ...
where nine voted for Denikin compared to four for Nikolai.
References
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Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian)
1868 births
1939 deaths
Military Engineering-Technical University alumni
Imperial Russian Army personnel
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France