Maciej (Suleyman bey) Sulkiewicz ( be, Мацей Аляксандравіч Сулькевіч, translit=Maciej Aliaksandravič Sulkievič, az, Süleyman bəy Sulkeviç, russian: Матвей (Магомет) Сулькевич, translit=Matvey (Magomet) Sulkevich; 20 June 1865 – 15 July 1920) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant general, Prime Minister of Crimean Regional Government (1918), and

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in 1918–20. Born to parents of Lipka Tatar origin, he changed his name to Mohammad after settling in Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, but in Azerbaijan he is still known as Suleyman bey Sulkiewicz and Mammad bey Sulkiewicz. He joined the

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in 1883 and became an officer in 1886. He was promoted to major general in 1910 and to lieutenant general in 1915. Sulkiewicz participated in the Chinese expedition against the Boxers, in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. Before 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 served in the Odessa Military District in 1894–1905 and served as a chief of staff at the Ochakov Fortress. During the

, Sulkiewicz fought at the

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as a member of the 8th Army Corps of the

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, commanding the 57th Modlin Infantry Regiment. During his tour at the Far East, Sulkiewicz was honored with several orders of Imperial Russia such as the Order of Saint Anna, the Order of Saint Vladimir, and the Golden Weapon for Bravery. After the Russo–Japanese War, he remained in the Asian portion of Russia serving in the

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. During the World War I, he fought at the Romanian Front. In the late 1917 Sulkiewicz was involved in creation of the 1st Muslim Army Corps, yet remained at the service of the Russian Romanian Front administration. Upon singing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk between the Soviet Russia and the Central powers, Sulkiewicz came to Crimea with the Central powers occupational forces which forced Bolshevik irregular formations out of Crimea and formed the Crimean Regional Government as interim government in Crimea under the

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occupying forces. As a provisional governor of Crimea, Sulkiewicz negotiated with the Ukrainian government a federative relations between mainland Ukraine and Crimea. After the end of World War I and withdrawal of the Central powers troops out of Crimea in late 1918, Sulkiewicz moved to Azerbaijan and became Chief of Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces of ADR on 26 March 1919. He was executed by the Bolsheviks, after the Bolshevik invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920.

Gallery

File:Maçey Süleyman Sulkeviçin Varşava şəhərinin Praqa rayonunda ucaldılmış abidəsi.jpg, Bust of General Sulkiewicz was installed in 2017 in Warsaw which emphasizes that he is "Polak" (Pole)

References

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