Nikolai Ruzsky

Nikolai Vladimirovich Ruzsky
Native name
Никола́й Влади́мирович Ру́зский
Nickname(s)Conqueror of Galicia
BornMarch 18 [O.S. March 6] 1854
Russian Empire
Died18 October 1918(1918-10-18) (aged 64)
Pyatigorsk, Russian SFSR
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service / branch Imperial Russian Army
Years of service1872–1918
RankGeneral of the Infantry
CommandsSecond Manchurian Army (1904–1905)
Kiev Military District (1896–1902)
Third Army (1914)
Northwestern Front (1914–1915)
Sixth Army (1915)
Northern Front (1915–1916)
Battles / wars
AwardsSee below
Alma materKonstantinovsky Military College, 1872–1876
Spouse(s)
Zinovia Aleksandrovna Borezovsky
(m. 1883)
Children3

Nikolai Vladimirovich Ruzsky (Russian: Никола́й Влади́мирович Ру́зский; March 18 [O.S. March 6] 1854 – October 18, 1918) was a Russian general, member of the state and military councils, best known for his role in World War I and the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II.