Andrei Medardovich Zayonchkovsky (russian: Андре́й Меда́рдович Зайончко́вский) ( – 22 March 1926) commanded the defence of the
Romanian-Bulgarian border in
Dobruja
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upon Romania's entry into
World War I
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in August 1916.
Biography
After graduation from the
Nicholas School of Military Engineering (Nikolaevskoe Inzhenernoe Uchilishche) in 1882, Zayonchkovsky served in the 5th Sapper Battalion. In 1888 he graduated from the
General Staff Academy and served in various staff positions.
During the
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...
he commanded the 85th Vyborg Infantry Regiment and the 2nd brigade of the 3rd Siberian Infantry Division.
During
World War I
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Zayonchkovsky commanded first the 30th Army Corps. Following Romania's entry into the war on 27 August 1916, he commanded the
Russian-Romanian Dobruja Army in charge of defending Dobruja against the Central Powers. He was relieved by general
Dmitry Shcherbachev
Dmitry Grigoryevich Shcherbachev (russian: Дми́трий Григо́рьевич Щербачёв; Romanization of Russian, tr. ; 18 January 1932) was a general in the Russian Army during World War I and one of the leaders of the White Moveme ...
in April 1917 and was in retirement by the time of the
October Revolution
The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...
.
In 1918 he joined the
Red Army
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, serving in various staff positions. After the end of the
Russian Civil War
, date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...
he switched to teaching in the
Red Army Military Academy
The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (russian: Военная академия имени М. В. Фрунзе), or in full the Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy in the name of M. V. Frunze (rus ...
and writing. He wrote a two-volume overview of World War I military operations.
While a professor, "Zayonchkovsky worked as an agent for the Soviet secret police at the same time he was head of the conspiratorial anti-Bolshevik Monarchist Union (The
Trust
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)."
[''Time of Troubles: The Diary of Iurii Vladimirovich Got'e: Moscow, July 8, 1917 to July 23, 1922'', ed. and trans. Terence Emmons (Princeton Univ Pr, 1988: ), p. 92.]
References
External links
Short biography
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1862 births
1926 deaths
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