| Feofil Egorovich Meyendorf | |
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| Birth name | Bogdan Theophil von Meyendorff |
| Born | 4 August 1838 |
| Died | 18 October 1919 (1919-10-19) (aged 81) |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Service | Imperial Russian Army |
| Commands | 2nd Cavalry Division 1st Army Corps |
| Battles / wars | Caucasian War Russo-Turkish War Russo-Japanese War |
Baron Feofil Egorovich (von) Meyendorf (Russian: Феофи́л Его́рович (фон) Мейендо́рф; German: Bogdan Theophil Freiherr von Meyendorff; 4 August 1838 – 18 October 1919) was an Imperial Russian military leader of Baltic German descent. He fought in the Caucasus and against the Ottoman Empire and the Empire of Japan.
Awards
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class, 1861
- Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1861
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1862
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1869
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1870
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1878
- Gold Sword for Bravery, 1878
- Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1883
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1889
- Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1894
- Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1901
- 2nd Gold Sword for Bravery, 1905
- Order of Saint George, 4th degree, 1908
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 1st class, 1910
Children
- son Nikolai Meyendorff (1887-1969)
| Preceded by | Commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division 1884-1892 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded byMikhail Pavlovich Danilov | Commander of the 1st Army Corps 1896–1905 |
Succeeded byNikolay Iudovich Ivanov |
References
- Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
Sources
- "Feofil Egorovich Meyendorf". «Russian army in a Great war» project.
- Под ред. В. Ф. Новицкого и др (ed.), "15", Военная энциклопедия, Saint Petersburg: т-во И. В. Сытина
- Милорадович Г. А. Список лиц свиты их величеств с царствования императора Петра I по 1886 год. СПб., 1886
- Список генералам по старшинству на 1886 год. СПб., 1886
- 1838 births
- 1919 deaths
- People of the Caucasian War
- Russian military personnel of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
- Russian military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class
- Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
- Russian Imperial Hussars officers