Vladimir Sukhomlinov

Vladimir Sukhomlinov
Владимир Сухомлинов
Sukhomlinov in 1915

12th Minister of War of the Russian Empire
In office
24 March 1909 – 24 June 1915
MonarchNicholas II
Prime MinisterPyotr Stolypin
Vladimir Kokovtsov
Ivan Goremykin
Preceded byAleksandr Roediger
Succeeded byAlexei Polivanov

2nd Chief of the General Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Empire
In office
15 December 1908 – 24 March 1909
Commander-in-chiefNicholas II
Preceded byFyodor Palitzin
Succeeded byAlexander Myshlayevsky

13th Commander of the Kiev Military District
In office
1 November 1905 – 15 December 1908
MonarchNicholas II
Prime MinisterSergei Witte[1]
Chairman of the Committee of MinistersSergei Witte[2]
Preceded byNikolai Kleigels
Succeeded byNikolay Ivanov

22nd Governor-General of Kiev, Podolia, and Volhynia General Governorate
In office
1 November 1905 – 31 December 1908
MonarchNicholas II
Prime MinisterSergei Witte[3]
Chairman of the Committee of MinistersSergei Witte[4]
Preceded byNikolai Kleigels
Succeeded byFyodor Trepov

1st Commander of the 10th Cavalry Division
In office
1897–1899
MonarchNicholas II
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byGeorg von Stackelberg
Personal details
Born16 August [O.S. 4 August] 1848
Telshi, Litva-Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
Died2 February 1926(1926-02-02) (aged 77)
Berlin, Weimar Germany
NationalityRussian
Alma materNikolayevskoye Cavalry School
General Staff Academy
Military service
Allegiance Russian Empire
Branch/serviceRussian Empire Imperial Russian Army
Years of service1861—1915
RankGeneral of Cavalry
Commands6th Dragoon Regiment
Officers' Cavalry School
10th Cavalry Division
Kiev Military District
Battles/warsRusso-Turkish War
AwardsSee list

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Сухомлинов, IPA: [sʊxɐˈmlʲinəf]; 16 August [O.S. 4 August] 1848 – 2 February 1926) was a Russian general in the Imperial Russian Army who served as the Chief of the General Staff from 1908 to 1909 and the Minister of War from 1909 to 1915.

Sukhomlinov was ousted as Minister of War amid allegations of failure to provide the Imperial Russian Army with necessary armaments and munitions for World War I and accused of responsibility for Russia's defeats in the early Eastern Front. Sukhomlinov was tried for high treason, corruption, and abuse of power in a high-profile case that damaged the reputation of Russia's fragile Imperial government. According to some historians, the Sukhomlinov scandal may have done more harm to the Romanov monarchy than the lurid scandals associated with Rasputin.[5]

  1. ^ Since 6 November 1905
  2. ^ Until 6 November 1905
  3. ^ Since 6 November 1905
  4. ^ Until 6 November 1905
  5. ^ William C. Fuller (2006)The Foe Within: Fantasies of Treason and the End of Imperial Russia, p. 7.