Vladislav Klembovsky
Russian and Soviet general (1860–1921)
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Vladislav Napoleonovich (Vladimir Nikolayevich) Klembovsky (Russian: Владислав Наполеонович (Владимир Николаевич) Клембовский; 28 June 1860 in Moscow Governorate – 19 July 1921) was a Russian military commander during World War I.
BornJune 28, 1860
Moscow Governorate
DiedJuly 19, 1921 (aged 61)
OccupationMilitary commander during World War I
Alexander Kerensky, head of the Russian Provisional Government after the overthrow of the Tsar, appointed him Supreme Commander in Chief of the Russian Army in August 1917, replacing Lavr Kornilov.[1]
Klembovsky later joined the Red Army as a volunteer, but was arrested after the Red army's defeat in Poland by the Bolsheviks and starved to death in prison.[2]
Commands
- 06.12.1915 – 30.01.1916 : 5th Army
- 25.10.1916 – 20.12.1916 : 11th Army
- 01.06.1917 – 29.08.1917 : Northern Front