Vladimir Kossogovsky
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Lakeside Valdai area of the Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire
Russian EmpireImperial Russia
Vladimir Andreyvich Kossogovsky Владимир Андреевич Косоговский | |
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 Kossogovski in 1900, Teheran. Pictured by Antoin Sevruguin. | |
| Born | 14 January 1857 Lakeside Valdai area of the Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 12 September 1918 (age 61) |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Service | Caucasian line Imperial Russia |
| Rank |  General StaffLieutenant General |
| Commands | Persian Cossack Brigade Siberian Cossack Division Priamurskaya Cossack Brigade |
| Battles / wars | Russo-Turkish War Russo-Japanese War |
Vladimir Andreyvich Kossogovsky (14 January 1857 – 12 September 1918) was a Russian Lieutenant-General, commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade, and a member of the General Staff of the Imperial Russian Army.
Kossogovsky was educated at the first Moscow military school, the St. Nicholas Cavalry. After attending, he enlisted in the 12th Hussars Regiment Akhtyrsky (1876). According to the General Staff service record, he later became a senior of the al-T Staff 2nd Caucasus Cossack division. In May 1884, he became the new commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade. He also served in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) and the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1908, he retired to his estate, Pogostiha, in Novgorod Governorate. Kossogovsky was shot by the Bolsheviks there on 12 September 1918.[1]
Name
His surname can be written as Kosogovsky, Kosagovsky, Kosagovsky, Kosogovsky.
