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Antanas Ričardas Druvė
Antanas Ričardas Druvė (; 1 January 1865 – 17 February 1919) was a Lithuanians, Lithuanian military officer and a colonel in the Imperial Russian Stavka. Druvė was born in the (now Lithuania), which belonged to the Lithuanian noble Šemeta family. Background During the French invasion of Russia, the sick French lieutenant Pierre Drouvet stayed in the manor. He was nursed by Morta, the landowner's only daughter; and they fell in love. Pierre Drouvet and Morta married; and together with the Grande Armée, having experienced various adventures on the way, went to the French region of Burgundy. After two decades, following her parents' request, Morta and Drouvet returned to Pavirvytis. Antanas Druvė was this couple's grandson. Military career Druvė received his general education at the . He entered the Imperial Russian Army on 11 September 1887 at age 22. From 1887 to 1889, Druvė studied at the . While there, he became a friend of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, the future ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military commander, aristocrat, and statesman. He served as the military leader of the White Guard (Finland), Whites in the Finnish Civil War (1918), as List of regents#Finland, Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as Chief of Defence (Finland), commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces during Finland in World War II, World War II (1939–1945), and as the sixth president of Finland (1944–1946). He became Finland's only Field marshal (Finland), field marshal in 1933 and was appointed honorary Marshal of Finland in 1942. Born into a Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-speaking family in the Grand Duchy of Finland, Mannerheim made a career in the Imperial Russian Army, serving in the Russo-Japanese War and the Eastern Front (World War I), Eastern Front of World War I and rising by 1917 to the rank of lieutenant general. He had a prominent place in the Coronation of Nicholas II and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
