Nikolai Aleksandrovich Brzozovsky
Russian general (1858–1930)
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Brzhozovsky (Russian: Николай Александрович Бржозовский; 1 January 1858 [O.S. 20 December] 1857, Barygino, Tver Governorate – c. 1930, Risan, Kotor), was a Russian lieutenant general. He participated in the Russo-Turkish War, Boxer Rebellion, Russo-Japanese War, World War I, and the Russian Civil War.
Biography
Brzozovsky was born on 20 December 1857 (1 January 1858) in Barygino (now in the Rzhevsky District of the Tver Oblast). He was from the nobility and educated at the Polotsk Military Gymnasium. He entered service on 1 September 1874. He graduated from the 2nd Konstantinovsky Military School and released as an ensign (seniority from 10 August 1876) in the 16th Artillery Brigade (Volkovysk).
He participated in the Russo-Turkish War from 1877 to 1878 and was promoted Second lieutenant (seniority since 26 December 1877), lieutenant (seniority since 18 December 1878). Staff captain (seniority since 12 November 1884). Captain (seniority since 13 December 1892). He commanded a company for fourteen years and two months; a siege artillery company.
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