Nikolai Ruzsky

Nikolai Vladimirovich Russki (Russian Николай Владимирович Рузский; * 6.jul / March 18 1854greg of 1854. . † October 18, 1918 in Pyatigorsk ) was a general of the Russian army.

Life

Russki was 1896-1902 Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kiev Military District and during the Russo -Japanese War Chief of Staff of the 2nd Manchurian army. On March 29, 1909, he was appointed general of the infantry and took the lead in the 21st Army Corps.

At the beginning of the First World War he was commander of the 3rd Army of the Russian Southwest Front under command of General of Artillery Nikolai I. Ivanov in Galicia. He defeated the beginning of September 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Army of the 3rd Cavalry General Rudolf von brother man in the Battle of Lemberg and occupied this city. In mid-September he took over the leadership of the Northwest Front and led the defense of Poland against the attack of the German 9th Army under General August von Mackensen. In early December 1914, he successfully led the defense of Lodz against further German attacks. As of March 1915, he was replaced by General Alexei Kuropatkin and then commanded the 6th Army. Between August 1915 to April 1917 he held the chief command of the northern front.