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Feofil Egorovich Meyendorf

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Feofil Egorovich Meyendorf
Birth nameBogdan Theophil von Meyendorff
Born4 August 1838
Died18 October 1919 (1919-10-19) (aged 81)
AllegianceRussian Empire
Service / branchImperial Russian Army
Commands2nd Cavalry Division
1st Army Corps
Battles / warsCaucasian War
Russo-Turkish War
Russo-Japanese War

Baron Feofil Egorovich (von) Meyendorf (Russian: Феофи́л Его́рович (фон) Мейендо́рф; German: Bogdan Theophil Freiherr[1] von Meyendorff; 4 August 1838 – 18 October 1919) was an Imperial Russian military leader of Baltic German descent. He fought in the Caucasus and against the Ottoman Empire and the Empire of Japan.

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Children

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  • son Nikolai Meyendorff (1887-1969)
Preceded by
Commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division
1884-1892
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the 1st Army Corps
1896–1905
Succeeded by

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  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.

Sources

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  • "Feofil Egorovich Meyendorf". «Russian army in a Great war» project.
  • Под ред. В. Ф. Новицкого и др (ed.), "15", Военная энциклопедия, Saint Petersburg: т-во И. В. Сытина
  • Милорадович Г. А. Список лиц свиты их величеств с царствования императора Петра I по 1886 год. СПб., 1886
  • Список генералам по старшинству на 1886 год. СПб., 1886