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| Andrei Medardovich Zayonchkovsky | |
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| Born | 20 December [O.S. 8 December] 1862 Oryol, Russian Empire |
| Died | 22 March 1926(1926-03-22) (aged 63) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire Russian SFSR Soviet Union |
| Service | Russian Imperial Army Red Army |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | 22nd Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 30th Army Corps (Russian Empire) Dobruja Army |
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Andrei Medardovich Zayonchkovsky (Russian: Андре́й Меда́рдович Зайончко́вский) (20 December [O.S. 8 December] 1862 – 22 March 1926) commanded the defence of the Romanian-Bulgarian border in Dobruja upon Romania's entry into World War I in August 1916.
Biography
After graduation from the Nicholas School of Military Engineering (Nikolaevskoe Inzhenernoe Uchilishche) in 1882, Zayonchkovsky served in the 5th Sapper Battalion. In 1888 he graduated from the General Staff Academy and served in various staff positions.
During the Russo-Japanese War he commanded the 85th Vyborg Infantry Regiment and the 2nd brigade of the 3rd Siberian Infantry Division.
During World War I Zayonchkovsky commanded first the 30th Army Corps. Following Romania's entry into the war on 27 August 1916, he commanded the Russian-Romanian Dobruja Army in charge of defending Dobruja against the Central Powers. He was relieved by general Dmitry Shcherbachev in April 1917 and was in retirement by the time of the October Revolution.
In 1918 he joined the Red Army, serving in various staff positions. After the end of the Russian Civil War he switched to teaching in the Red Army Military Academy and writing. He wrote a two-volume overview of World War I military operations.
While a professor, "Zayonchkovsky worked as an agent for the Soviet secret police at the same time he was head of the conspiratorial anti-Bolshevik Monarchist Union (The Trust)."
References
- Time of Troubles: The Diary of Iurii Vladimirovich Got'e: Moscow, July 8, 1917 to July 23, 1922, ed. and trans. Terence Emmons (Princeton Univ Pr, 1988: ISBN 0-691-05520-3), p. 92.
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| Preceded byVladimir Apollonovich Olokhov | Commander of the 22nd Infantry Division 30 May – 30 July 1912 |
Succeeded byAlexander Alexandrovich Dushkevich |
- 1862 births
- 1926 deaths
- People from Oryol
- People from Orlovsky Uyezd (Oryol Governorate)
- Nobility from the Russian Empire
- Imperial Russian Army generals
- Military historians from the Russian Empire
- Historians of World War I
- Writers from the Russian Empire
- Military Engineering-Technical University alumni
- Russian military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War
- Russian military personnel of World War I
- Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class
- Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery
- Commanders of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Commanders of the Order of the Crown (Romania)