General-Lieutenant Vladimir Mikhailovich Dragomirov Владимир Михайлович Драгомиров born Chernigov Governorate Черниговская губерния, Russian Empire 7 February 1867 and died Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia 20 January 1928 was an Imperial Russian general and White Army hero. The son of the famous military leader and military theorist Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov Михаил Иванович Драгомиров (1830-1905) and Sofya Abramovna Dragomirova née Grigorovich Софьи Абрамовны Григорович (Драгомировой) (c. 1850-1912). Vladimir was the brother of General-of-Cavalry генерал от кавалерии Abram Mikhailovich Dragomirov Абрам Михайлович Драгомиров (1868-1955). CAREER PROGRESSION Vladimir entered the military service on 2 September 1884. He graduated from the Page Corps (1886); raised to Issued by second lieutenant Подпоручик (Art. 11.08.1886) in the Life Guards Semyonovsky Regiment. Then he made Lieutenant Поручик (Art. 11.08.1890). He graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff (1892; 1st category with a small silver medal). Staff Captain of the Guard and then the rank was renamed as captains of the General Staff (Art. 06.05.1892). Deployed to the Kiev military district. Senior Adjutant to the Headquarters of the 33rd Infantry Division (11/26/1892 - 09/07/1895). Served in the 130th Kherson Infantry Regiment (10.10.1894-10.10.1895). Chief officer for special assignments at the headquarters of the 9th Army Corps (09/07/1895 - 06/12/18897). Head of the movement of troops along the railway and waterways of the Kiev region (06/12/1897 - 10/24/1901). Lieutenant Colonel (Article 05.04.1898), battalion served in the 130th Kherson Infantry Regiment (01.05. – 01.09.1901). Chief of Staff of the 42nd Infantry Division (10.24.1901 - 02.06.1905). Colonel (Art.14.04.1902). Participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. From September 20, 1904 he was the chief of staff of the 12th, and from 12.02.1905 - the 1st army corps. Commander of the 147th Infantry Samara Regiment (02/02/1905 - 06/21/1906). The commander of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment (06.21.1906 - 09.10.1908). Major General Генерал-майор (Project 1907; Art. 31.05.1907; for distinction). From May 6, 1908 to 1913 he was in the Suite of E. I. V. Е. И. В. Гвардейский экипаж. Quartermaster General of the Headquarters of the Troops of the Kiev Military District (10/09/1908 - 08/03/1912). Chief of Staff of the Kiev Military District from 3 August 1912. Lieutenant General (Project 04/14/1913; Art. 05/31/1913; for distinction). During the mobilization of 19 July 1914 he was appointed chief of staff of the 3rd Army. Dragomirov did not get along with General R. D. Radko-Dmitriev Радко Дмитриевич Радко-Дмитриев (1859-1918) nor Nikolai Vladimirovich Ruzski Николай Владимирович Рузский (854-1918) and on 4 November 1914 he was transferred to the post of chief of the 2nd Guards Infantry Division. On 16 December 1914 - the commander of the 8th Army Corps. 23 March 1915 appointed chief of staff of the Southwestern Front. After breaking through the front of the 3rd Army at Gorlice, he was accused of intrigues against Radko Dmitriev and the ensuing panic, in connection with which he was transferred to the Supreme Commander on 8 May 1915. Then - the commander of the 8th army corps (08/18/1915 - 10/16/1916). In September 1916 he was on sick leave (in the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Kiev military district). Due to disagreements with General Alyeksei Maksimovich Kaledin Алексей Максимович Каледин (1861-1918), he was transferred to the post of commander of the 16th Army Corps (from 16.10.1916). After the February Revolution, on 2 April 1917, he was transferred to the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Kiev Military District. On 22 August 1917, Dragomirov was dismissed from service with a uniform and pension. Member of the White Movement as part of the All-Union Socialist League, participant of the Breda campaign. He returned to the Crimea. He was in exile in Yugoslavia. Member of the regimental association of the Life Guards Semenovsky Regiment. He served as chairman of the Russian Society of General Staff Officers. дети Михаила Ивановича Драгомирова и Софьи Абрамович Драгомировой: 1. генерал-лейтенант Михаил Михайлович Драгомиров (1865—1911). 2. генерал-лейтенант Владимир Михайлович Драгомиров (1867—1928). 3. генерал от кавалерии Абрам Михайлович Драгомиров (1868—1955). 4. Иван Михайлович Драгомиров (1870—1888), застрелился. По словам Ильи Ефимовича Репина (1844-1930), «он был влюблен в молодую девицу, и они выдумали исповедоваться в грехах друг перед другом. Он нашел себя таким грешником, недостойным её, что убил себя». 5. Софья Михайловна Драгомирова (1871—1953), с 1902 года супруга Генерального штаба генерал-лейтенант Александра Сергеевича Лукомского (1868-1939) (известны её портреты, выполненные Репиным, Валентин Александрович Серов (1865-1911) и Зинаида Евгеньевна Серебрякова ( Лансере́) (1884-1967). 6. Александр Михайлович Драгомиров (1872-?). 7. Андрей Михайлович Драгомиров (1876—?). 8. Екатерина Михайловна Драгомирова (1876—1926), в замужестве за графом Дмитрий Фёдорович Гейденом (1862—1926). 9. Полковник Александр Михайлович Драгомиров (1878—1926) участник Белого движения. Children of Vladimir Mikhailovich Dragomirov and Sofia Amramovich Dragomirova: 1. General-Lieutenant Mikhail Mikhailovich Dragomirov (1865-1911). 2. General-Lieutenant Vladimir Mikhailovich Dragomirov (1867-1928). 3. General-of-Cavalry Abram Mikhailovich Dragomirov (1868–1955). 4. Ivan Mikhailovich Dragomirov (1870-1888), shot himself. According to Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844-1930), "he was in love with a young girl (Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai née Domontovich Александра Михайловна Коллонтай (Домонтович) (1872-1952), and they invented to confess sins to each other (sic). He found himself so sinful, unworthy of her that he killed himself. " 5. Sofia Mikhailovna Dragomirova (1871-1953), from 1902 the wife of General-Lieutenant Aleksandr Sergeyevich Lukomski Александр Сергеевич Лукомский (1868-1939) (her portraits by Repin, Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov and Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebryakova née Lanseré are well known. 6. Aleksandr Mikhailovich Dragomirov (1872-?). 7. Andrey Mikhailovich Dragomirov (1876—?). 8. Yekaterina Mikhailovna Dragomirova aka Yekaterina Mikhailovna Geidana née Dragomirova (1876-1926), married to Count Dmitri Fyodorovich Geiden Граф Дмитрий Фёдорович Гейден (1862-1926) 9. Colonel Aleksandr Mikhailovich Dragomirov (1878-1926) White Army hero.
