Leo Pokrowsky before heading to South Africa

Leo Pokrowsky (died 25 December 1900 in

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) was a

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and Captain in the Russian Army, who fought and died on the side of the

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during the Second Anglo-Boer War. He was killed on Christmas Day 1900 when he and his men attacked the British garrison in Utrecht. A commemorative plaque to his memory can be seen on the Burgher monument in the town of

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20090709135937/http://www.utrecht.co.za/see.htm

References

1900 deaths Military personnel killed in the Second Boer War Boer military personnel of the Second Boer War Year of birth unknown {{Africa-hist-stub