Fyodor Grigoryevich Chernozubov (14 September 1863 – 14 November 1919; sometimes seen as Theodore G. Chernozubov) was a

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officer who became

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on 20 February 1915. His father was Grigori Chernozubov. He was trained at

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and later Imperial General Staff Academy in 1889. He became Chief of Staff of the

1st Caucasus Cossack Division (Russian Empire) The 1st Caucasus Cossack Division was a cavalry unit within the Imperial Russian Army. They were headquartered at Kars Kars ( or ; ; ) is a city in northeast Turkey. It is the seat of Kars Province and Kars District.Russian Caucasus Army. He was assigned Chief troops Caucasia on 10 December 1902. Between 30 July 1902 to 1 June 1906, he was the head of the cavalry training of

Persian Cossack Brigade The Persian Cossack Brigade, also known as the Iranian Cossack Brigade (), was a Cossacks, Cossack-style cavalry unit formed in 1879 in Qajar Iran, Iran. It was modelled after the Caucasian Cossack regiments of the Imperial Russian Army. Until 1 ...

. He was appointed Chief of Staff of

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on 26 November 1908. He published several articles on military intelligence. From 4 July 1916 he was Commander II Caucasus CAW and showed himself as a talented commander. After the

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he was removed from office during the cleansing of top military staff.

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