Aleksei Brusilov
1853 – 1926 Russian Imperial general, later served the Red Army
The imperial general behind Russia's greatest First World War offensive.
- Religion
- Russian Orthodox background.
- Affiliations
- Imperial Russian Army; led the 1916 Brusilov Offensive; later joined the Soviet military.
Brusilov commanded the 1916 offensive that bears his name, the most successful Russian operation of the First World War. It inflicted huge losses but also drained the army that revolution would soon dissolve. After the revolution he chose to serve the new Soviet state.
Connections
- associate of Nicholas II — Served as a top general under the tsar, then advised him to abdicate.