Feofil Egorovich Meyendorf
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.
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| Birth name | Bogdan Theophil von Meyendorff |
| Born | August 4, 1838 |
| Died | October 18, 1919 |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Service/ | 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)
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
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