Mikhail Dragomirov

Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov (Russian: Михаил Иванович Драгомиров; 20 November [O.S. 8 November] 183028 October [O.S. 15 October] 1905) was a Russian Imperial general and military writer of Ukrainian origin. His grandfather Ivan Antonovych Dragomirecki-Mockewicz after being granted a noble title in 1786, changed his name from Dragomirecki to the Russified form of Dragomirov.

Mikhail Dragomirov
Portrait by Ilya Repin
Born(1830-11-20)20 November 1830
Konotop, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died28 October 1905(1905-10-28) (aged 74)
Konotop, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
Years of service1849–1905
RankGeneral of the Infantry
Battles/warsJanuary Uprising
Austro-Prussian War
Russo-Turkish War Russo-Japanese War
AwardsOrder of St. Andrew
Order of St. George
Order of St. Vladimir
Order of Saint Anna
Order of the Cross of Takovo
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