18 October 1918(1918-10-18) (aged 64) Pyatigorsk, Russian SFSR
Allegiance
Russian Empire
Service/branch
Russian Imperial Army
Years of service
1872–1918
Rank
General of the Infantry
Commands held
Second Manchurian Army (1904–1905) Kiev Military District (1896–1902) Third Army (1914) Northwestern Front (1914–1915) Sixth Army (1915) Northern Front (1915–1916)
Battles/wars
Russo-Turkish War
Russo-Japanese War
World War I
Battle of Lemberg
Battle of Gnila Lipa
Battle of Łódź
Battle of the Vistula River
First Battle of Przasnysz
Awards
See below
Alma mater
Konstantinovsky Military College, 1872-1876
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ruzsky (Russian: Никола́й Влади́мирович Ру́зский; March 18 [O.S. March 6] 1854 – October 18, 1918) was a Russian general, member of the state and military councils, best known for his role in World War I and the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II.
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ruzsky (Russian: Никола́й Влади́мирович Ру́зский; March 18 [O.S. March 6] 1854 – October 18, 1918) was a Russian general, member...
had the Russian Third Army under NikolaiRuzsky and the Russian Eighth Army under Aleksei Brusilov. Brusilov and Ruzsky routed the Austro-Hungarians so...
involved both the Southwest Front commanded by Nikolai Ivanov and the Northwest Front under NikolaiRuzsky. Their movements were poorly coordinated. To...
the southwest. Sievers warned the Northwest Front commander, General NikolaiRuzsky, that they were likely to be attacked, but was ignored. On February...
Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the North-Western Front, Infantry General NikolaiRuzsky, who arrived at the meeting. It was approved by the Supreme Commander...
Baron Woldemar Freedericksz, Commander of the Northern Front General NikolaiRuzsky, State Duma deputies Vasily Shulgin and Alexander Guchkov, Nicholas...
day, 11 February, the chief of the staff of the North-Western Front, NikolaiRuzsky, issued a directive on the transition to the offensive by the forces...
Alexander Protopopov (on 8 February).[citation needed] The Army Chief NikolaiRuzsky, and the Duma deputies Vasily Shulgin and Alexander Guchkov who had...
perform this task by moving north." The two Russian armies consisted of NikolaiRuzsky's Third Army, with the IX, X, XI, and XXI Corps, consisting of 12 infantry...
Pskov became the headquarters for Russia's Northern Front, commanded by NikolaiRuzsky. On 15 March 1917, aboard the Imperial train, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated...
government in Petrograd. Rodzianko discussed the situation with General NikolaiRuzsky, who had the Imperial train stopped in Pskov. Nicholas II had no other...
Vishera. When the Tsar finally arrived at in Pskov, the Army Chief NikolaiRuzsky, and the Duma deputies Alexander Guchkov and Vasily Shulgin suggested...
Front (1917) followed by becoming Commander-in-Chief in August 1917 NikolaiRuzsky – Commanded the 3rd Army, Northwestern Front (1914–1915) and lastly...
the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1917) March 18 – NikolaiRuzsky, Russian general (d. 1918) March 30 – Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza...
September, Grand Duke Nikolai dismissed Yakov Zhilinsky as the commander of the Russian Northwestern Front, replacing him with NikolaiRuzsky. The Grand Duke...
ordered to give a report on the situation in their units. Generals NikolaiRuzsky of the Northern Front and Vladimir Smirnov of the Western Front both...
and that the OGPU agent in the very center of the circle was General Nikolai Vladimirovich Skoblin. Guchkov died on 14 February 1936 in Paris. Alexander...
was replaced by the General NikolaiRuzsky. In mid-November at Łódź, due to the indecisiveness and mistakes made by Ruzsky, the 1st Army was unable to...
was to turn and march southeast. Meanwhile, Ivanov finally prevailed upon Ruzsky to turn northwest, so that he could march to the aid of Plehve's army. Unwittingly...
Germany Russian Empire Commanders and leaders Friedrich von Scholtz NikolaiRuzsky Radko Dimitriev Units involved 8th Army 12th Army Strength unknown 189...
Okelo, Ugandan Roman Catholic martyr and saint (executed) (b. ca. 1900) NikolaiRuzsky, Russian general (executed) (b. 1854) October 19 Harold Lockwood, American...