Feofil Egorovich Meyendorf

Baron Feofil Egorovich (von) Meyendorf (Russian: Феофи́л Его́рович (фон) Мейендо́рф; German: Bogdan Theophil Freiherr[1] von Meyendorff; 4 August 1838 – 18 October 1919) was an Imperial Russian military leader of Baltic German descent. He fought in the Caucasus and against the Ottoman Empire and the Empire of Japan.

Feofil Egorovich Meyendorf
Birth nameBogdan Theophil von Meyendorff
Born4 August 1838
Died18 October 1919 (1919-10-19) (aged 81)
AllegianceRussian Empire
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Commands held2nd Cavalry Division
1st Army Corps
Battles/warsCaucasian War
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Russo-Japanese War

Awards

Children

  • son Nikolai Meyendorff (1887-1969)

References

  1. Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.

Sources

  • "Feofil Egorovich Meyendorf". «Russian army in a Great war» project.
  • Под ред. В. Ф. Новицкого и др (ed.), "15", Военная энциклопедия, Saint Petersburg: т-во И. В. Сытина
  • Милорадович Г. А. Список лиц свиты их величеств с царствования императора Петра I по 1886 год. СПб., 1886
  • Список генералам по старшинству на 1886 год. СПб., 1886
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