Baron Feofil Egorovich (von) Meyendorf (Russian: Феофи́л Его́рович (фон) Мейендо́рф; German: Bogdan Theophil Freiherr[1] von Meyendorff; August 4, 1838 – October 18, 1919) was an Imperial Russian military leader of Baltic German descent. He fought in the Caucasus and against the Ottoman Empire and the Empire of Japan.
Feofil Egorovich Meyendorf | |
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Birth name | Bogdan Theophil von Meyendorff |
Born | August 4, 1838 |
Died | October 18, 1919 |
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Service/branch | Imperial Russian Army |
Commands held | 2nd Cavalry Division 1st Army Corps |
Battles/wars | Caucasian War Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Russo-Japanese War |
Awards
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class, 1861
- Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1861
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1862
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1869
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1870
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1878
- Gold Sword for Bravery, 1878
- Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1883
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1889
- Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1894
- Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1901
- 2nd Gold Sword for Bravery, 1905
- Order of Saint George, 4th degree, 1908
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 1st class, 1910
Children
- son Nikolai Meyendorff (1887-1969)
Preceded by | Commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division 1884-1892 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov | Commander of the 1st Army Corps 1896–1905 | Succeeded by Nikolay Iudovich Ivanov |
References
Sources
- "Feofil Egorovich Meyendorf". «Russian army in a Great war» project.
- Под ред. В. Ф. Новицкого и др (ed.), "15", Военная энциклопедия, Saint Petersburg: т-во И. В. Сытина
- Милорадович Г. А. Список лиц свиты их величеств с царствования императора Петра I по 1886 год. СПб., 1886
- Список генералам по старшинству на 1886 год. СПб., 1886