About Nikolai Sukhomlinov
Lived 1850 – 1918 (aged 67). Nikolai Sukhomlinov was a Russian military personnel.
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinov (; 7 August 1850 – 1918) was a Russian general and statesman who served as the Chief General of the Orenburg Cossacks, Governor of the Orenburg Governorate, Commander of the Omsk Military District and the Chief Ataman of the Siberian Cossacks.
Biography Nikolay was born on July 27, 1850, in Volhynia as the son of Alexander Pavlovich Sukhomlinov and Olga Ivanovna Lunskaya. His older brother Vladimir Sukhomlinov later became a cavalry general and Minister of War of the Russian Empire.
Education He studied at the during his stay in Vilnius. He graduated from the 1st Petersburg Cadet Corps and the in 1866. In July 1868, he was enrolled as a cornet in the .
He was married to the daughter of the Privy Councilor Kruze Zinaida Alexandrovna. Had two children: Vladimir (1882) and George (1890). According to another source, he died in Kiev from typhus. Iron Cross of Romania (1879)
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Russian general and statesman
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Nikolai Sukhomlinov was born on 27 July 1850 in Volhynian Governorate.
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Nikolai Sukhomlinov died on 2 January 1918 in Kyiv.
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Nikolai Sukhomlinov was a military personnel.
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Nikolai Sukhomlinov was Russian.
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