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'''Dmitri Pavlovich Parsky''' (Дмитрий Павлович Парский) (17 (26) October, 1866 - 20 December, 1921) was a [[Russia]]n [[general]] |
'''Dmitri Pavlovich Parsky''' (Дмитрий Павлович Парский) (17 (26) October, 1866 - 20 December, 1921) was a [[Russia]]n [[general]] |
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In 1893 he attended the [[General Staff Academy (Imperial Russia)|General Staff Academy]].<br> |
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In World War I, he commanded the [[12th Army (Russian Empire)|12th Army]] from 20 July to 9 September 1917 and the [[3rd Army (Russian Empire)|3rd Army]] from 9 September 1917 to 8 November 1917. |
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He was the first battle-experienced Tsarist General to offer his services to the [[Red Army]],<ref>''From Tsarist General to Red Army Commander'' by [[Mikhail Bonch-Bruevich]], translated by Vladimir Vezey, [[Progress Publishers]], 1966</ref> explaining his viewpoint thus |
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:''"I am far from this [[Bolshevism]] you preach. But I am ready to work honourably not only with them, but with anyone, even the Devil and his disciples, if only to save Russia from German slavery."''<ref>''The Russian Civil War'' by Evan Mawdsley, p83</ref> |
:''"I am far from this [[Bolshevism]] you preach. But I am ready to work honourably not only with them, but with anyone, even the Devil and his disciples, if only to save Russia from German slavery."''<ref>''The Russian Civil War'' by Evan Mawdsley, p83</ref> |
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During the [[Russian Civil War]], he first was commander of the Narva Front and later of the entire [[North Russia Intervention|Northern Front]]. |
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He died of [[typhus]] in 1921. |
He died of [[typhus]] in 1921. |
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Revision as of 13:51, 12 July 2014
Dmitri Pavlovich Parsky (Дмитрий Павлович Парский) (17 (26) October, 1866 - 20 December, 1921) was a Russian general
In 1893 he attended the General Staff Academy.
In World War I, he commanded the 12th Army from 20 July to 9 September 1917 and the 3rd Army from 9 September 1917 to 8 November 1917.
He was the first battle-experienced Tsarist General to offer his services to the Red Army,[1] explaining his viewpoint thus
- "I am far from this Bolshevism you preach. But I am ready to work honourably not only with them, but with anyone, even the Devil and his disciples, if only to save Russia from German slavery."[2]
During the Russian Civil War, he first was commander of the Narva Front and later of the entire Northern Front.
He died of typhus in 1921.
Honours and awards
- Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd class (1896);
- Order of St. Anne 3rd class (1900);
- Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd class (1903);
- Order of St. Anne, 2nd class with swords (1906);
- Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class with swords and bow (1906);
- Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class (1909, 31 January 1910);
- Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st class (6 December 1913)
- Order of St. George, 4th class (2 June 1915)
- Gold Sword for Bravery (1916)
References
- ^ From Tsarist General to Red Army Commander by Mikhail Bonch-Bruevich, translated by Vladimir Vezey, Progress Publishers, 1966
- ^ The Russian Civil War by Evan Mawdsley, p83
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