Military officer.
General Alexey Brusilov was an outstanding Russian war commander in World War I. His famous Brusilov Breakthrough was the only truly successful Russian maneuver in that war.
Background
Lived: 1853-1926.
Alexey Brusilov took part in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-78) where he was noted for bravery. He became a cavalry officer and was promoted to the rank of general in 1906.
World War I
At the outbreak of World War I, Brusilov was appointed to command the Eighth Army on the South-Western front, mainly in Galicia, to fight the Austria-Hungarian army.
Brusilov Breakthrough
In summer 1916, Brusilov undertook a wide offensive using new and unique tactics that was very carefully and well planned. His offensive was timed on the same day as the British army launched an attack on Somme.
In a course of two months on a 500 km front, a highly successful breakthrough was made. The result was 1.5 million Austria-Hungarian soldiers killed or wounded.
In August 1917, Kerensky named Brusilov the Supreme Commander of the Russian armed forces. He was soon replaced with general Kornilov.
Soviet Russia
After the Soviet rule was confirmed in Russia, Brusilov worked from 1920-24 as a military consultant of Trotsky and Frunze in the Red Army.
He retired in 1924 and quietly lived in a shared apartment with his sickly wife. He died in 1926 and was given a state funeral.
Nikolay Nikolayevich Romanov
Alexey Brusilov
Military officer.
General Alexey Brusilov was an outstanding Russian war commander in World War I. His famous Brusilov Breakthrough was the only truly successful Russian maneuver in that war.
Background
Lived: 1853-1926.
Alexey Brusilov took part in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-78) where he was noted for bravery. He became a cavalry officer and was promoted to the rank of general in 1906.
World War I
At the outbreak of World War I, Brusilov was appointed to command the Eighth Army on the South-Western front, mainly in Galicia, to fight the Austria-Hungarian army.
Brusilov Breakthrough
In summer 1916, Brusilov undertook a wide offensive using new and unique tactics that was very carefully and well planned. His offensive was timed on the same day as the British army launched an attack on Somme.
In a course of two months on a 500 km front, a highly successful breakthrough was made. The result was 1.5 million Austria-Hungarian soldiers killed or wounded.
In August 1917, Kerensky named Brusilov the Supreme Commander of the Russian armed forces. He was soon replaced with general Kornilov.
Soviet Russia
After the Soviet rule was confirmed in Russia, Brusilov worked from 1920-24 as a military consultant of Trotsky and Frunze in the Red Army.
He retired in 1924 and quietly lived in a shared apartment with his sickly wife. He died in 1926 and was given a state funeral.
Nikolay Nikolayevich Romanov