Vasily Gurko

Vasily Iosifovich Gurko
Born(1864-05-20)May 20, 1864
Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
DiedFebruary 11, 1937(1937-02-11) (aged 72)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service / branch Imperial Russian Army
RankGeneral
Commands5th Army
Battles / wars

Vasily Iosifovich Romeyko-Gurko (Russian: Васи́лий Ио́сифович Роме́йко-Гу́рко; 20 May 1864 in Tsarskoye Selo – 11 February 1937) served for a brief period as a Chief-of-Staff of the Imperial Russian Army before being forced out of the country in exile following the October Revolution of 1917.