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Ernő Kiss
Ernő Kiss (Kiss Ernő) was a Hungarian lieutenant general of Armenian descent who led the first honvéd forces in the 1848–1849 Revolution and was one of the thirteen Martyrs of Arad, executed on 6 October 1849.
Ernst Põdder
Ernst Põdder (1879–1932) was an Estonian major general who led the Defence League, won the Battle of Cēsis in 1919, and crushed the 1924 communist coup attempt.
Franciszek Kleeberg
Franciszek Kleeberg (1888–1941) was a Polish general who commanded Independent Operational Group "Polesie" in the Battle of Kock, the last battle of the 1939 campaign.
Georgi Todorov (general)
Georgi Stoyanov Todorov (Георги Стоянов Тодоров, 1858–1934) was a Bulgarian general of infantry who fought in five consecutive wars, from the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 to the First World War.
Georgy Zhukov (Георгий Константинович Жуков)
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Георгий Константинович Жуков, 1896–1974), Marshal of the Soviet Union and four-time Hero, led Leningrad's defense, Moscow, Kursk coordination, Operation Bagration, and Berlin, and accepted Germany's 1945 surrender.
Gheorghe Cantacuzino-Grănicerul
Gheorghe Cantacuzino-Grănicerul (1869–1937) was a Romanian general and aristocrat of the Cantacuzino princely family who joined the Iron Guard and founded and led its legal political party, All for the Fatherland.
Gheorghe Magheru
Gheorghe Magheru was a Wallachian general and politician, a leading figure in the 1848 Revolution in Wallachia, best remembered as organizer and commander of the great volunteer camp at Râureni, the revolution's last armed stronghold.
Giorgi Kvinitadze
Giorgi Kvinitadze (გიორგი კვინიტაძე), born Giorgi Chikovani, was a Georgian general who led the army of the Democratic Republic of Georgia during the 1921 Russo-Georgian War.
Giorgi Saakadze
Giorgi Saakadze (გიორგი სააკაძე), c. 1570 to 1629, was a Georgian noble commander and Mouravi of Tbilisi who led the 1625 rebellion against Safavid Iran.
György Kmety
György Kmety, known as Ismail Pasha in Ottoman service, was a Hungarian honvéd general of the 1848–1849 War of Independence who later defended Kars in 1855.
Hamazasp Babadzhanian
Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906–1977) was a Soviet military commander of Armenian origin who became Chief Marshal of the Armored Troops in 1975 and led the Soviet Army's tank forces from 1969 until his death.
Hazi Aslanov
Hazi Aslanov (Həzi Aslanov; 1910–1945) was a Soviet tank general from Azerbaijan who fought at Moscow, Stalingrad, and Kursk and was twice made a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Henryk Dembiński
Henryk Dembiński (1791–1864) was a Polish general and engineer who commanded cavalry in the November Uprising and held senior commands in the Hungarian revolution of 1848–1849.
Hieronim Lubomirski
Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski (c. 1647 – 1706) was a Polish magnate and Grand Crown Hetman who fought under John III Sobieski at Vienna in 1683.
Igor Girkin
Igor Girkin (Igor Strelkov), born 1970, former FSB colonel, DPR defense minister and Sloviansk commander in 2014; convicted in absentia by The Hague in 2022 of murdering 298 people aboard MH17; jailed in Russia since 2023 for extremism.
Igor Kirillov (Игорь Анатольевич Кириллов) (general)
Igor Kirillov (Игорь Анатольевич Кириллов), Russian lieutenant general, chief of the RKhBZ nuclear, chemical, and biological defence troops from 2017; sanctioned by the UK in 2024 and assassinated by a scooter bomb in Moscow on 17 December 2024, claimed by Ukraine's SBU.
Ioan Culcer
Ioan Culcer, often spelled Ion Culcer, was a Romanian engineer general who commanded the First Army at the start of the 1916 campaign in World War I.
Ion Antonescu
Ion Antonescu (1882–1946), Romanian general and Marshal, dictator of Romania 1940–1944, Hitler's key eastern ally, overseer of the murder of about 220,000 Romanian Jews, overthrown 23 August 1944, tried 6–17 May 1946, executed 1 June 1946.
Ivan Konev (Иван Степанович Конев)
Ivan Stepanovich Konev (Иван Степанович Конев, 1897–1973), Soviet Marshal, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, commanded the 1st Ukrainian Front at Berlin and Prague, led Warsaw Pact forces 1955–1960, suppressed Hungary 1956, and commanded Soviet forces in Germany 1961–1962.
Ivan Kononov (Иван Никитич Кононов)
Ivan Nikitich Kononov (Иван Никитич Кононов) was a Don Cossack Red Army major who defected with his regiment to the Germans in 1941 and ended the war as a Wehrmacht major-general.
Jaan Maide
Jaan Maide (1896–1945) was an Estonian military officer who served as commander-in-chief of the Estonian Armed Forces under Otto Tief's government in 1944, was arrested by the Soviets, and executed in 1945.
Jan Krukowiecki
Jan Stefan Krukowiecki (1772–1850) was a Polish count and general of infantry who led the National Government in 1831 and concluded the controversial capitulation of Warsaw.
Jan Syrový
Born 1888, Jan Syrový was a highly influential Czechoslovak general, serving as the first in his post as Chief of the General Staff and PM during the Munich crisis.
Jan Tarnowski
Jan Tarnowski, full name Jan Amor Tarnowski, was a Polish magnate and soldier who served as Grand Hetman of the Crown and won the Battle of Obertyn in 1531.
Jānis Balodis
Jānis Balodis (1881–1965) was a Latvian general who commanded the army during the War of Independence, then served as Minister of War and deputy prime minister under Kārlis Ulmanis.
Johan Laidoner
Johan Laidoner was an Estonian general who led the army to victory in the 1918–1920 War of Independence and was deported by the Soviet Union in 1940.
Józef Chłopicki
Józef Chłopicki (1771–1854) was a Polish major general, a veteran of the Kościuszko Uprising and the Napoleonic wars, and dictator of the November Uprising of 1830–1831.
Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki
Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki (1867–1937) was a Polish general who commanded the I Polish Corps in revolutionary Russia in 1917–1918 and led the victorious Greater Poland Uprising, building it into the regular Wielkopolska Army.
Józef Haller
Józef Haller (1873–1960) was a Polish general who commanded the Blue Army in France and in 1920 performed the wedding of Poland to the sea at Puck.
Józef Hauke-Bosak
Józef Hauke-Bosak (1834–1871) was a Polish general who served in the Imperial Russian Army before commanding insurgent units in southern Poland during the January Uprising of 1863.