Nikolay Dukhonin

Nikolay Nikolayevich Dukhonin
Supreme Commander of the Russian Army
In office
16 November – 22 November 1917
Preceded byAlexander Kerensky
Succeeded byNikolai Krylenko
Personal details
Born13 December 1876
Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died3 December 1917(1917-12-03) (aged 40)
Mogilev, Russian Soviet Republic
Military service
Allegiance Russian Empire
 Russian Republic (from 1917)
Branch/service Imperial Russian Army
Russian Army (from 1917)
Years of service1894–1917
RankGeneral
Unit3rd Army
CommandsImperial Russian Army
Battles/warsWorld War I

Nikolay Nikolayevich Dukhonin (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Духо́нин; 13 December 1876 – 3 December 1917[1]) was a Russian general who was briefly the last supreme commander of the Russian Army after the October Revolution before the Bolsheviks took control of it.

  1. ^ Dates given in the Gregorian calendar

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