Georgy Arkadyevich Dokuchaev (14 January 1864 - after 1920) was an
Imperial Russian and
White Russian armies officer,
major general.
Military career
Dokuchaev graduated from
Voronezh Mikhailovsky Cadet Corps. He joined the military service on 25 March 1883 as a
junker in the 1st
Pavel Military School. On 14 August 1884, he received the rank of
podporuchik in the 135th Kerch-Yenikolsk Infantry Regiment of the
34th Infantry Division.
In 1903, he became officer-educator of the Tiflis Cadet Corps in the rank of
captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
. In 1904, he was conferred the rank of
lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...
.
Since 1 January 1909, he served in the 261st Infantry Reserve Shemakha Regiment of the 66th Infantry Reserve Brigade, and was a commander of a battalion. In 1914, he became colonel in the 205th Shemakha Infantry Regiment of the
52nd Infantry Division.
After the
World War I started, Dokuchaev became on 2 April 1916 the commander of a brigade in the 5th Caucasian Rifle Division. He was conferred the rank of Major General on 10 July 1916.
From late July to mid-September 1918, he commanded the forces of the
Centrocaspian Dictatorship in the
battle of Baku
The Battle of Baku ( az, Bakı döyüşü, tr, Bakü Muharebesi, russian: Битва за Баку) was a battle in World War I that took place between August–September 1918 between the Ottoman– Azerbaijani coalition forces led by Nuri Pas ...
against the
Islamic Army of the Caucasus under the command of Turkish general
Nuri Pasha Killigil and the armed forces of
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. General
Dunsterville, who led the
British expeditionary force, described Dokuchaev as "an exceptionally refined and pleasant gentleman to deal with, but his character was not suited to the position of Commander-in-Chief of a revolutionary army".
Later, Dokuchaev served in the
Armed Forces of South Russia
The Armed Forces of South Russia (AFSR or SRAF) () were the unified military forces of the White movement in southern Russia between 1919 and 1920.
On 8 January 1919, the Armed Forces of South Russia were formed, incorporating the Volunteer Army ...
; since 13 July 1919 he was in reserve at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief. In March 1920 he was
interned in
Georgia. In 1921, he was mentioned in the list of conditionally amnestied prisoners of
Ryazan forced labor camp.
Биографические справки, отдельные упоминания, краткие послужные списки офицеров-рязанцев и др.
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References
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Generals of the Russian Empire
Russian military personnel of World War I
White movement generals