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Abram Petrovich Gannibal (Абрам Петрович Ганнибал)
Abram Petrovich Gannibal (Абрам Петрович Ганнибал), c. 1696–1781, African-born Russian military engineer, godson of Peter the Great, general-anshef and head of the Engineer Corps, maternal great-grandfather of Pushkin; birthplace disputed between Abyssinia and Cameroon.
Aleksandar Protogerov
Aleksandar Protogerov (Александър Протогеров, 1867–1928) was a Bulgarian general and revolutionary born in Ohrid, a leading figure of the VMRO who renewed it in 1919 and was assassinated in Sofia in its internal struggles.
Aleksander Tõnisson
Aleksander Tõnisson (1875–1941) was an Estonian major general who built the national military units in 1917, commanded the Viru front in the War of Independence, and was executed by the Soviets in 1941.
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Aleksandr Vasilevsky (Александр Михайлович Василевский), Soviet Marshal and chief of the General Staff 1942–1945; planned Stalingrad, Kursk, Bagration, and the 1945 Manchurian offensive against the Kwantung Army; later Minister of War 1949–1953.
Aleksei Brusilov (Алексе́й Алексе́евич Бруси́лов)
Aleksei Alekseevich Brusilov (Алексе́й Алексе́евич Бруси́лов), 1853–1926, Russian general of cavalry; led the 1916 Brusilov Offensive, taking over 450,000 prisoners and shattering the Austro-Hungarian army, later serving the Red Army as cavalry inspector.
Alexander Suvorov
Alexander Suvorov (Александр Васильевич Суворов), 1729/30-1800, Russian generalissimo who never lost a battle; victor of Rymnik, Izmail, and Novi; author of The Science of Victory; led the 1799 Alpine crossing. Not the pen name of writer Viktor Suvorov.
Alexandru Cernat
Alexandru Cernat (1828–1893) was a Romanian divisional general and politician who served as minister of war and commander of the Army of Operations in the 1877–1878 War of Independence.
Aliagha Shikhlinski
Aliagha Shikhlinski (Əliağa Şıxlinski) was an Azerbaijani artillery officer who became a lieutenant general in the Russian Imperial Army and later deputy war minister of Azerbaijan.
Andrey Vlasov
Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov (Андрей Андреевич Власов, 1901–1946) was a Soviet Red Army lieutenant general who, captured by German forces in 1942, defected and led the Russian Liberation Army.
Antin Holovaty
Antin Holovaty (Антін Головатий, 1744–1797) was a Ukrainian Cossack military leader and poet who served as military judge and kish otaman of the Black Sea Cossack Host.
Anton Denikin (Антон Иванович Деникин)
Anton Ivanovich Denikin (Антон Иванович Деникин), 1872–1947, Russian general, commander of the White Armed Forces of South Russia; led the 1919 Moscow offensive, resigned to Wrangel in 1920, died in exile in Michigan, reburied at Moscow's Donskoy Monastery in 2005.
Antoni Chruściel
Antoni Chruściel (1895–1960), known by the nom de guerre "Monter", was a Polish brigadier general who commanded the Polish insurgent forces in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
Antoni Madaliński
Antoni Madaliński (1739–1804) was a Polish cavalry general who, ordered to disband his brigade, marched it from Ostrołęka toward Kraków in March 1794, triggering the Kościuszko Insurrection.
Apti Alaudinov
Apti Alaudinov, born 1973, is a Russian lieutenant general commanding the Akhmat special forces and deputy head of the Defense Ministry's Main Military-Political Directorate; a former Chechen police deputy minister, Hero of Russia, and prominent war commentator.
Aslan Maskhadov
Aslan Maskhadov (Аслан Масхадов), Chechen separatist president elected in 1997 after serving as Soviet artillery colonel and Ichkeria chief of staff; signed Khasavyurt Accords, led resistance until killed by Russian forces in Tolstoy-Yurt, 8 March 2005.
Bohdan Ruzhynsky
Bohdan Ruzhynsky (Богдан Ружинський), also called Bohdanko, was a Cossack hetman of a Lithuanian-Ruthenian princely family who died in 1576 besieging the Tatar fortress Aslan Kermen.
Bronislav Kaminski (Бронислав Владиславович Каминский)
Bronislav Kaminski (Бронислав Владиславович Каминский, 1899–1944), also Bronisław Kaminski, led the Lokot Autonomy and the RONA (Russian National Liberation Army) brigade, later a Waffen-SS unit, noted for anti-partisan atrocities, the 1944 Ochota massacre in Warsaw, and his execution by the Germans.
Casimir Pulaski
Casimir Pulaski (Kazimierz Pułaski), 1745–1779, Polish nobleman and Bar Confederation cavalry leader who became a Continental Army brigadier general, founded Pulaski's Legion, died at Savannah, and is called the Father of the American Cavalry.
Constantin Prezan
Constantin Prezan was a Romanian general who commanded the Northern Army in 1916, rebuilt the army for its 1917 victories, and became the first Marshal of Romania in 1930.
Denys Prokopenko (Денис Геннадійович Прокопенко)
Denys Prokopenko (Денис Прокопенко), call sign Redis, Ukrainian National Guard brigadier general commanding 1st Corps Azov; Hero of Ukraine 2022, Azovstal commander, former Russian captive.
Dezydery Chłapowski
Dezydery Chłapowski (1788–1879) was a Polish general and agricultural reformer who fought under Napoleon and in the November Uprising, then transformed his Turew estate with crop rotation, shelterbelts, and modern farming methods.
Dimitrios Ypsilantis
Dimitrios Ypsilantis (Δημήτριος Υψηλάντης) was a Greek prince and soldier of the Greek Revolution of 1821, brother of Alexandros Ypsilantis. He commanded the final battle at Petra in 1829 and died in Nafplio in 1832.
Dmitry Pozharsky (Дмитрий Михайлович Пожарский)
Dmitry Pozharsky (Дмитрий Михайлович Пожарский, 1577/1578–1642), Rurikid prince and commander of the Second Militia led with Kuzma Minin that liberated Moscow from the Polish garrison in October 1612.
Dmitry Yazov (Дмитрий Тимофеевич Язов)
Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov (Дмитрий Тимофеевич Язов), 1923–2020, last Marshal of the Soviet Union and last USSR defense minister (1987–1991), appointed after the Rust affair, advocate of the defensive doctrine, and GKChP August 1991 coup member.
Dragutin Dimitrijević (Драгутин Димитријевић)
Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis (Драгутин Димитријевић), 1876-1917, Serbian colonel and intelligence chief, organizer of the 1903 May Overthrow, Black Hand leader, executed after the 1917 Salonika Trial, rehabilitated in 1953.
Drastamat Kanayan
Drastamat Kanayan, known as General Dro, was an Armenian military commander and politician who fought in World War I, served as Minister of War, and commanded the Armenian Legion in World War II.
Draža Mihailović
Draža Mihailović (Dragoljub Mihailović, Дража Михаиловић), 1893–1946, Serbian general who led the royalist Chetnik Yugoslav Army in the Homeland in WWII, was executed for collaboration in 1946 and judicially rehabilitated in Belgrade in 2015.
Dušan Simović
Dušan Simović (1882–1962) was a Yugoslav army general who led the 27 March 1941 coup and served as prime minister of Yugoslavia, in exile in London.
Edward Śmigły-Rydz
Edward Śmigły-Rydz was a Polish military commander, Marshal of Poland from 1936, who led the Polish armed forces against Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939.
Eremia Grigorescu
Eremia Grigorescu (1863–1919) was a Romanian artillery general who commanded the 1st Army to victory at the Battle of Mărășești in 1917 and authored the motto "Pe aici nu se trece."