Nikolai Vladimirovich Sollogub (russian: Николай Владимирович Соллогуб; – 7 August 1937) was a

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military specialist who served in World War I, the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

, and the Polish-Soviet War, reaching the rank of

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in the

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. During the

Great Purges The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Yezhov'), was Soviet General Secret ...

he was imprisoned and executed.

Biography

Sollogub was born into a noble family in the

Minsk Governorate The Minsk Governorate (russian: Минская губерния, Belarusian: ) or Government of Minsk was a governorate ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. The seat was in Minsk. It was created in 1793 from the land acquired in the partitions ...

of the

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. He entered military service on 31 August 1900, later graduating from the Pavlovsk Military School in 1902 and the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff, Russia's senior

staff college Staff colleges (also command and staff colleges and War colleges) train military officers in the administrative, military staff and policy aspects of their profession. It is usual for such training to occur at several levels in a career. For exa ...

, in 1910. During World War I, he served in several staff posts with the 1st Army. In January 1917 he joined the staff of the quartermaster general of the Special Army before transferring to a similar post with the 11th Army from August to September. During the Civil War he voluntarily joined the ranks of the

. From September to December he was a staff officer for the Western Front army group under

Alexander Miasnikian Alexander Fyodori Miasnikian or Myasnikov; russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Мяснико́в. Also spelled Myasnikyan. His patronymic is variously given as Asatur, Astvatsatur, Fyodor and Bogdan. (28 January February1886 � ...

. Sollogub joined the Red Army in early 1918 and initially served as the first

chief of staff The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporti ...

of the Eastern Front from June to July. From August he was a member of the Supreme Military Inspectorate of the Red Army and a lecturer at the Red Military Academy. In May 1919 he was attached to the chief of staff of the Western Front before receiving command of the 16th Army during the Polish-Soviet War in August. Under his command the army advanced westwards into Poland before being thrown back during the Battle of Warsaw. In October 1920 he became chief of staff of the Western Front and in December became chief of staff for all forces in Ukraine and Crimea. In 1922 he became assistant chief of the Red Military Academy, renamed in 1925 as the M. V. Frunze Military Academy honoring

Mikhail Frunze Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze (russian: Михаил Васильевич Фрунзе; ro, Mihail Frunză; 2 February 1885 – 31 October 1925) was a Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Born in the modern-day ...

. Sollogub worked as an instructor for the rest of his career. During the

he was arrested, tried in secret, and sentenced to death. He was executed in 1937.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sollogub, Nikolai People from Minsk Governorate Russian military personnel of World War I Military personnel of the Russian Empire People of the Polish–Soviet War Belarusian military personnel Belarusian people of World War I Soviet komdivs 1883 births 1937 deaths Place of death missing Great Purge victims from Belarus