Mikhail Dragomirov

Mikhail Dragomirov
Portrait by Ilya Repin
Born(1830-11-20)20 November 1830
Died28 October 1905(1905-10-28) (aged 74)
Konotop, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Allegiance Russian Empire
Branch Imperial Russian Army
Service years1849–1905
RankGeneral of the Infantry
Conflicts
AwardsLegion of Honour, Grand Cross
Order of St. Andrew
Order of St. George
Order of St. Vladimir
Order of Saint Anna
Order of the Cross of Takovo
Signature

Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Драгоми́ров; 20 November [O.S. 8 November] 1830 – 28 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.