Alexander Sergeyevich Lukomsky (; ; – 25 January 1939) was a

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military commander, General Staff, Lieutenant-General (April 1916). He fought in the

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during

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and was one of the organizers of

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during the

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Life

Lukomsky graduated from the Nikolaev Engineering School in 1888. From 1888 to 1892 he served in a sapper battalion and from 1898, company commander and senior adjutant of the staff of the 12th Infantry Division. He graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in 1897. Lukomsky fought alongside

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during the Russian Civil War and visited Nikolai Romanov, one of the pretenders to the Imperial throne following the Jassy Conference where nine voted for Denikin compared to four for Nikolai. Lukomsky died on 25 January, 1939, in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lukomsky 1868 births 1939 deaths Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov) Military Engineering-Technical University alumni White movement lieutenant generals Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France People of the Russian Revolution Russian All-Military Union members People from Poltava Governorate Russian Provisional Government generals Imperial Russian lieutenant generals Escapees from Russian detention