Mikhail Alekseyev
Mikhail Alekseyev | |
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| Born | 15 November 1857 |
| Died | 8 October 1918 (aged 60) |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Russian Republic |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army Volunteer Army |
| Service years | 1876–1918 |
| Rank | General of Infantry |
| Conflicts | Russo-Turkish War Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian Civil War |
| Awards | Order of St. Stanislav Order of St. George Order of St. Vladimir Order of St. Anne |
Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Алексе́ев) (15 November [O.S. 3 November] 1857 – 8 October [O.S. 25 September] 1918) was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Between 1915 and 1917 he served as Tsar Nicholas II's Chief of Staff of the Stavka, and after the February Revolution, was its commander-in-chief under the Russian Provisional Government from March to May 1917. He later played a principal role in founding the Volunteer Army in the Russian Civil War and died in 1918 of heart failure while fighting the Bolsheviks in the Volga region.