Leonid Lesh

Leonid Vilgelmovich Lesh
Leonid Vilgelmovich Lesh
Born	January 9, 1862
Died	August 28, 1934; Dubrovnik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Russian Empire; White Movement
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Commands held	1st Siberian Rifle Regiment; 2nd Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division; 2nd Guards Infantry Division; 12th Army Corps; 3rd Army
Battles/wars	Boxer Rebellion; Russo-Japanese War; World War I; Russian Civil War

Leonid Vilgelmovich Lesh (Russian, Леонид Вильгельмович Леш, January 9, 1862 – August 28, 1934) was an Imperial Russian army commander. He served in China and fought in the war against the Empire of Japan. After the October Revolution of 1917, he fought against the Bolsheviks. With the defeat of the White Army in the civil war, he emigrated to Yugoslavia. He died in what is now Croatia.

Awards

Gold Sword for Bravery
Order of Saint George, 4th degree
Order of Saint George, 3rd degree
Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire)
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class

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Preceded by	Commander of the 1st Siberian Rifle Regiment 1904-1905	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commander of the 2nd Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division 1906–1907	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commander of the 2nd Guards Infantry Division 1910–1912	Succeeded by Vasily Flug
Preceded by Aleksei Brusilov	Commander of the 12th Army Corps 1914–1915	Succeeded by
Preceded by Radko Dimitriev	Commander of the 3rd Army 1915–1917	Succeeded by Mikhail Kvetsinsky

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