Pyotr Vannovsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pyotr Vannovsky

Russian general

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1822

Place of Birth: Kiev, Ukraine

Date of Death: 01-Mar-1904

Profession: military personnel, statesperson

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Pyotr Vannovsky

  • Pyotr Semyonovich Vannovsky (Russian: ???? ????????? ??????????; Russian (before 1918): ????? ?????????? ??????????; Belarusian: ???? ????????? ?????????; 6 December [O.S.
  • 24 November] 1822 – 1 March [O.S.
  • 17 February] 1904) was an Imperial Russian statesman and military leader: General of the Infantry (1883), Adjutant General (1878) of Belarusian extraction, who served in the Imperial Russian Army.
  • He was also an honorary member of the Academy of Military Medical, the Mikhailovsky Artillery School, the Mykolaiv Engineering School, the Imperial Academy of Sciences, and a full knight of the Order of St.
  • Vladimir. Born in Kiev into a family of Belarusian landed gentry, Vannovsky chose his career early on in his life and began military schooling.
  • After a few years, he participated in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and the Crimean War as part of the Life Guards Finnish Regiment, distinguishing himself at the Siege of Silistra, he was highly decorated after the war, becoming the head of his own regiment, and several military schools.
  • During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, he took the prominent role as the chief of staff of the Ruschuk Detachment, under the Tsesarevich, future emperor Alexander III.
  • Taking part in many minor but important campaigns, especially a campaign for breaking the Siege of Plevna and the battle between Trastenik and Mechka.
  • For his and Alexander's achievements, they were both awarded the Order of St.
  • George of the 3rd and 2nd degree respectively.
  • A few years after the war, Alexander ascended to the throne, and Vannnovsky was subsequently appointed Minister of War. Vannovsky was one of the most successful Minister of War during the course of the Russian Empire, he was in office during most of the reign of Emperor Alexander III and the early reign of Emperor Nicholas II from 1881 to 1898, he was credited with maintaining order, preventing corruption and the great military reforms done by him during his role as the Minister of War.
  • But after Vannovsky resigned, he had warned the military about modern war tactics, should the general's warning be remembered by the generals of the next generation (those who served in the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War), the Russian performance in the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War would have been completely different.
  • He also briefly served as the Minister of National Education from 1901 to 1902.
  • After which he retired and died suddenly in 1904, following the Russo-Japanese War, perhaps his passing was due to the learning of the unfortunate war with Japan.

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