Georgy Arkadyevich Dokuchaev (14 January 1864 - after 1920) was an

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and White Russian armies officer,

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Military career

Dokuchaev graduated from

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on ...

Mikhailovsky Cadet Corps. He joined the military service on 25 March 1883 as a

junker Junker ( da, Junker, german: Junker, nl, Jonkheer, en, Yunker, no, Junker, sv, Junker ka, იუნკერი (Iunkeri)) is a noble honorific, derived from Middle High German ''Juncherre'', meaning "young nobleman"Duden; Meaning of Junke ...

in the 1st

Pavel Military School Pavel Military School (russian: Павловское военное училище, Pavlovskoye voennoye uchilishche) (also translated as Pavlovsk Military School, Pavlovsk Military College) is a military school in St. Petersburg, Russia, establi ...

. On 14 August 1884, he received the rank of

podporuchik ''Podporuchik'' ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, потпоручник, potporučnik, cs, podporučík, pl, podporucznik, russian: подпору́чик, bg, подпоручик, sk, podporučík) is the most Junior officer in some Slavic armed forces, an ...

in the 135th Kerch-Yenikolsk Infantry Regiment of the 34th Infantry Division. In 1903, he became officer-educator of the Tiflis Cadet Corps in the rank of captain. In 1904, he was conferred the rank of lieutenant colonel. Since 1 January 1909, he served in the 261st Infantry Reserve Shemakha Regiment of the 66th Infantry Reserve Brigade, and was a commander of a battalion. In 1914, he became colonel in the 205th Shemakha Infantry Regiment of the 52nd Infantry Division. After the

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

started, Dokuchaev became on 2 April 1916 the commander of a brigade in the 5th Caucasian Rifle Division. He was conferred the rank of Major General on 10 July 1916. From late July to mid-September 1918, he commanded the forces of the

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in the

battle of Baku The Battle of Baku ( az, Bakı döyüşü, tr, Bakü Muharebesi, russian: Битва за Баку) was a battle in World War I that took place between August–September 1918 between the Ottoman–Azerbaijani coalition forces led by Nuri Pas ...

against the

Islamic Army of the Caucasus The Islamic Army of the Caucasus ( az, Qafqaz İslam Ordusu; Turkish: ''Kafkas İslâm Ordusu'') (also translated as ''Caucasian Army of Islam'' in some sources) was a military unit of the Ottoman Empire formed on July 10, 1918. The Ottoman Mi ...

under the command of Turkish general Nuri Pasha Killigil and the armed forces of

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. General Dunsterville, who led the British expeditionary force, described Dokuchaev as "an exceptionally refined and pleasant gentleman to deal with, but his character was not suited to the position of Commander-in-Chief of a revolutionary army". Later, Dokuchaev served in the Armed Forces of South Russia; since 13 July 1919 he was in reserve at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief. In March 1920 he was

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. In 1921, he was mentioned in the list of conditionally amnestied prisoners of

Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Cens ...

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.Биографические справки, отдельные упоминания, краткие послужные списки офицеров-рязанцев и др.
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References

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