Vasily Gurko

Vasily Gurko

Infobox Military Person
name= Vasily Iosiforich Gurko
lived=1864-1937
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allegiance = Russia
branch = Russian Imperial Army
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rank=General
commands=Russian Imperial Army
battles=World War I
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Vasily Iosiforich Gurko (1864-1937) served for a brief period as Russian Army Commander-in-Chief before being forced out of the country in exile following the October Revolution of 1917.

World War I

With the outbreak of the war in 1914 Gurko was appointed to command of the 1st Cavalry Division under Paul von Rennenkampf, which he led in East Prussia and at November 1914's Battle of Lodz before receiving an appointment as Chief of Staff to Mikhail Alexeev.Appointed to the head of VI Corps, attached to Second Army, Gurko led the Russian counterattack in the January 1915 at the Battle of Bolimov.

External links

* [http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/gurko.htm Short biography]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/warandrevolution009671mbp War And Revolution In Russia 1914-1917]


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