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The Petersburg Military District (Питербургский вое́нный о́круг) was a Military District of the Russian Empire originally created in August 1864 following Order B-228 of Dmitry Milyutin, the Minister of War of the Russian Empire. The order, signed on 10 (22) August established that "for local control of the Ground Armed Forces and military establishments, are formed ... Military-regional administrations in the following ten military districts" of which one was Petersburg. The District's forces gained combat experience in the Russo-Turkish (1877–1878) and Russo-Japanese (1904–05) wars. Finland Military District was merged into the Petersburg District in 1905.
By a decision of Emperor
The Petersburg Military District (Питербургский вое́нный о́круг) was a Military District of the Russian Empire originally created in August 1864 following Order B-228 of Dmitry Milyutin, the Minister of War of the Russian Empire. The order, signed on 10 (22) August established that "for local control of the Ground Armed Forces and military establishments, are formed ... Military-regional administrations in the following ten military districts" of which one was Petersburg. The District's forces gained combat experience in the Russo-Turkish (1877–1878) and Russo-Japanese (1904–05) wars. Finland Military District was merged into the Petersburg District in 1905.
By a decision of Emperor Nicholas II
Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pola ...
on 24 August 1914, the names of units and establishments within the District were changed to Petrograd Military District. This District was established as a part of the RKKA by order в"– 71 of the Highest Military Council of 6 September 1918. On 1 February 1924, by the order в"– 126 the Revolutionary Military Councils of the USSR the Petrograd military district was renamed the Leningrad Military District.Commander of the Saint Petersburg Military District
*08.1864 - 04.1880 - Adjutant General, Engineer General, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich; *04.1880 - 03.1881 - General of Infantry, Tsarevich Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich (from 01/03/1881 Emperor Alexander III); *03.1881 - 10.1905 - Adjutant General, General of Infantry,Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (russian: Влади́мир Александрович; 22 April 1847 – 17 February 1909) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, a brother of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the senior Gr ...
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*10.1905 - 07.1914 - adjutant general, general of the cavalry, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich;
*08.1914 - 11.1914 - General of Infantry Baron Nikolai Pavlovich von Asheberg (acting commander of the Petrograd Military District);
*09.1915 - 06.1916 - engineer-general Prince Nikolai Evseevich Tumanov;
*06.1916 - 02.1917 - Lieutenant General Sergey Semyonovich Khabalov
Sergey Semyonovich Khabalov (; 21 April May1858 — 1924) was a Russian general of Ossetian origin and the commander of the Petrograd military district in 1917.
Biography
Khabalov was born in the Russian Empire, and was of Ossetian orig ...
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*02.1917 - 03.1917 - Adjutant General, General of Artillery Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov
Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov (russian: Никола́й Иу́дович Ива́нов, tr. ; 1851 – 27 January 1919) was a Russian artillery general in the Imperial Russian Army.
Family
Ivanov's family origin was debatable, some sources say ...
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*03.1917 - 04.1917 - Lieutenant General Lavr Kornilov
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (russian: Лавр Гео́ргиевич Корни́лов, ; – 13 April 1918) was a Russian military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the ensuing Russ ...
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*04.1917 - 05.1917 - General of Infantry Evgeny Aleksandrovich Radkevich (temporarily);
*05.1917 - 07.1917 - Major General Peter Polovtsov;
*07.1917 - 08.1917 - Major General Oleg Petrovich Vasilkovsky;
*08.1917 - 09.1917 - Lieutenant General Vladimir Vladimirovich Teplov;
*09.1917 - 10.1917 - Colonel Georgy Polkovnikov;
*10.1917 - 10.1917 : Major General Yakov Gerasimovich Bagratuni;.
Disbandment
After the October Revolution by order of the Bolshevik head of the Military District Konstantin Eremeev, the old district was disbanded, and on March 20, 1918 on its basis, the Petrograd VO of the Red Army was created, headed by a collegium.References
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