Vyacheslav Troyanov
Czechoslovak legioneer
Vyacheslav Platonovich Troyanov (Russian: Вячеслав Платонович Троянов; 18 October 1875 – 1918) was a Russian military leader who took part in the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, and the Russian Civil War. He was the organizer and first commander of the Czechoslovak Legion and achieved the rank of major general.
Biography
Early life
Troyanov was born into a noble family in Kharkov Governorate in the Russian Empire on 18 October 1875. He graduated from a realschule (Russian: реальное училище) in Izium.
Early military career
In 1894 Troyanov began his Imperial Russian Army career in the 124th Voronezh Infantry Regiment. In 1896 he entered the Chuguev Military School as a cadet. He graduated on 29 March 1899 and was assigned to the 34th Sevsky Infantry Regiment. With that regiment, he took part in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 with the rank of lieutenant.
World War I
By the time the Russian Empire entered World War I on 1 August 1914, Troyanov was a captain in the Sevsky Regiment. For skillful leadership of troops under his command and personal courage, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in March 1915.
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