Aleksei Brusilov Military person

Aleksei Alekseevich Brusilov (Russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Бруси́лов, Aleksey Alekseyevich Brusilov) (19 August [O.S. 31 August] 1853 – 17 March 1926) was a Russian general most noted for the development of new offensive tactics used in the 1916 Brusilov Offensive. The innovative and relatively successful tactics used were later copied by the Germans. His war memoirs were translated into English and published in 1930 as A Soldier's Notebook, 1914–1918.

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Aleksei Brusilov
Birth dateAugust 31, 1853
Birth place
Georgia (country) , Tbilisi , Russian Empire
Date of deathMarch 17, 1926
Place of death
Moscow , Soviet Union , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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allegianceRSFSR
award
Order of St. George
Order of St. Anna
Order of Saint Stanislaus
military operations
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)
World War I
Polish–Soviet War
military branch
Red Army
Imperial Russian Army
military commandRussian Imperial Army
service start1872
service end1924

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