Dmitry Shuvayev

Dmitry Shuvayev

Dmitry Savelyevich Shuvayev (Дмитрий Савельевич Шуваев in Russian) (10.(24).12.1854 — 1937) was a Russian military leader, Infantry General (1912).

Dmitry Shuvayev graduated from Alexander Military School (1872) and General Staff Academy (1878). He used to command a division (1905) and a corps (1907-1908). In 1909, Shuvayev was appointed head of Chief Quartermaster Department and chief quartermaster. He then held a post of Chief Field Quartermaster between December 1915 and March 1916. Shuvayev was appointed military minister in March 1916 and remained on this post until January 1917, when he became a member of the State Council. After the October Revolution, Shuvayev taught at different military schools.

He retired from military service in the late 1920s. In 1937, Shuvayev was arrested by the NKVD and later executed. He was rehabilitated posthumuously.

Honours and awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.

• Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st class (1903), 2nd class with swords (1876), 3rd class with swords and bow (1874)
• Order of St. Anna, 1st class (1906), 2nd class (1881), 3rd class with swords and bow (1876), 4th class (1874)
• Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class (5 September 1909), 3rd class (1890), 4th class (1885)
• Order of the White Eagle (25 March 1912)

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Name	Shuvayev, Dmitry
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Date of birth	1854
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Date of death	1937
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