Mikhail Kvetsinsky

Kvetsinsky leads here. For the Polish variant, see Kwieciński
Mikhail Fyodorovich Kvetsinsky
Born(1866-01-03)January 3, 1866
Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedMarch 31, 1923(1923-03-31) (aged 57)
Lillehammer, Norway
Buried
city's cemetery of Lillehammer
Allegiance Russian Empire, Ukrainian State,[1] White Movement
Service / branchArmy
Years of service1891–1920
RankLieutenant-General (1915)
CommandsMukden garrison (chief)
1st East-Siberian Rifle Regiment
21st Infantry Division
3rd Army
Kiev Military District
Battles / warsRusso-Japanese War
World War I
Russian Civil War
AwardsOrder of Saint George, 4th Class (1915)
ChildrenVasiliy
daughter

Mikhail Fyodorovich Kvetsinsky (Russian: Михаи́л Фёдорович Квецинский) (January 3, 1866 – March 31, 1923), also known as Michael (von) Kwetzinsky, was a Russian officer and a military administrator. He held notable command posts in the Russian Far East, during the Russo-Japanese War, during the First World War and during the Russian Civil War, when he was one of the leaders of the White Army of the North during the North Russia Intervention. Kvetsinsky became a Major-General in 1910 and a Lieutenant-General in 1915.

He fled to Norway together with his superior Yevgeny Miller in 1920 and lived as a cab driver and labourer at a brewery at Lillehammer until his death three years later.[2] His son Wassily von Kwetzinsky became a music critic and cultural figure in Norway.[3] The Norwegian pianist Joachim Kwetzinsky is a stepson of his grandson.

  1. ^ Biography
  2. ^ "Nasjonalbiblioteket". www.nb.no. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  3. ^ "En pioner fyller 60 år," Arbeiderbladet, 6 September 1958 p. 7