Mikhail Mikhaylovich Pleshkov Jr. (; 6 March 1885 – 12 November 1956)Mention of Mikhail Pleshkov's date of birth (page 7)
was a Russian Empire equestrian and military officer. He competed in jumping at the 1912 Summer Olympics and finished 21st individually and fifth with the Russian team. Pleshkov was the son of Russian general Mikhail Mikhaylovich Pleshkov Sr. He served in Russian cavalry and took part in

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. On 30 December 1915, he received the rank of

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, and starting from 1917 was acting as regiment commander, reaching the rank of general-major by 1919–20. During those years of the

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, he was one of the leaders of the

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in the

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, and after its fall, emigrated from Russia. He died in 1956 in the United States.

Bibliography

*Mikhail Mikhaylovich Pleshkov (1959) ''Мои воспоминания'', Munich, 76 pp.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pleshkov, Mikhail 1885 births 1956 deaths Equestrians at the 1912 Summer Olympics Russian male equestrians Russian military personnel of World War I White movement generals People of the Russian Civil War White Russian emigrants to the United States Olympic equestrians for the Russian Empire Graduates of the Nicholas Cavalry College 20th-century Russian sportsmen