Viktor Viktorovich Sakharov (russian: Виктор Викторович Сахаров; 20 July 1848 in

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– 22 November 1905 in

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) was a Russian

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and Imperial Minister of War (1904–1905).

Biography

Sakharov was a graduate of the Nicholas Academy of the General Staff and served in the

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) The Russo-Turkish wars (or Ottoman–Russian wars) were a series of twelve wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries. It was one of the longest series of military conflicts in European histor ...

. He was subsequently named Assistant Chief of Staff of the

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, then Quartermaster General of the Warsaw Military District, and then Chief of Staff of the

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. In 1898, Sakharov became Chief of the General Staff of the Imperial Russian Army. In early 1904, after the beginning of 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 ...

, Sakharov succeeded

Aleksey Kuropatkin Aleksey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin (russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Куропа́ткин; March 29, 1848January 16, 1925) served as the Russian Imperial Minister of War from January 1898 to February 1904 and as a field command ...

as a

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, when Kuropatkin was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian land forces in

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. Sakharov remained in

St Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

throughout the war, and had little influence on the strategy or tactics of the conflict. He was dismissed from this post by Tsar Nicholas II on 21 June 1905 and replaced by Lieutenant General

Aleksandr Rediger Alexander Roediger (or Rödiger) (russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ре́дигер, tr. ; , in Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire – 26 January 1920, in Sevastopol, Crimean ASSR, Russian SFSR) was a Russo-Ge ...

on 4 July 1905.Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. 339. In late 1905, Sakharov was sent to Saratov Province to restore order during agrarian disturbances. On 22 November 1905, he was mortally shot by the SR woman terrorist Anastasia Bitsenko in the house of the Saratov governor

Pyotr Stolypin Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin ( rus, Пётр Арка́дьевич Столы́пин, p=pʲɵtr ɐrˈkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ stɐˈlɨpʲɪn; – ) was a Russian politician and statesman. He served as the third prime minister and the interior minist ...

. His brother

Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov (russian: Влади́мир Ви́кторович Са́харов; 20 May 1853 – 1920) was a Russian general of the cavalry who served in the Russian Imperial Army. In an army career lasting from 1869 to 1917, h ...

was also a general in the Imperial Russian Army.

Awards

Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd degree * Order of Saint Anna ribbon bar

Order of St. Anne, 3rd degree with swords (1877) * Order of Saint Stanislaus Ribbon

Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd degree with swords (1877) * Order of Saint Anna ribbon bar

Order of St. Anne, 2nd degree with swords (1878) * Saint vladimir (bande)

Order of St Vladimir 4th degree, with swords (1878) * Saint vladimir (bande)

Order of St Vladimir 3rd degree, with swords (1884) * Order of Saint Stanislaus Ribbon

Order of St. Stanislaus 1st degree (1893) * Order of Saint Anna ribbon bar

Order of St. Anne, 1st degree (1896) * Saint vladimir (bande)

Order of St Vladimir 2nd degree, (1901) *

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, (1901) (

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) *Sword with order of the St.George 4th degree and diamonds (1905)

References

External links

* V.I. Gurko
Features And Figures Of The Past. Government And Opinion In The Reign Of Nicholas II.

Notes

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