Mikhail Drozdovsky

Mikhail Gordeevich Drozdovsky
General Mikhail Drozdovsky
Born(1881-10-07)October 7, 1881
Kiev, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 1, 1919(1919-01-01) (aged 37)
Rostov-on-Don, South Russia
Allegiance Russian Empire
Provisional Government
 Russian Republic
Russian Republic General Command of South Russia
Service / branchRussian Imperial Army
Russian Army (1917)
White Army
Years of service1899–1919
RankMajor general
Battles / warsRusso-Japanese War
World War I
Russian Civil War (DOW)
General Mikhail Drozdovsky

Mikhail Gordeevich Drozdovsky (Russian: Михаил Гордеевич Дроздовский; Ukrainian: Михайло Гордійович Дроздовський, romanizedMikhaylo Hordiyovych Drozdovs'kyy; October 7, 1881 – January 1, 1919) was a Russian army general and one of the military leaders of the anti-Bolshevik White movement during the Russian Civil War. In early 1918 he led a regiment of volunteers from the Romanian Front on a march to southern Russia, where they joined the Volunteer Army of the White movement.