Mikhail Sokovin
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{{infobox military person
|name = Mikhail Sokovin
|birth_date = 18 October 1863
|death_date = 1943
|death_place = Moscow, Soviet Union
|allegiance = Russian Empire
|branch = Imperial Russian Army
|commands = 1st Brigade, 27th Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
1st Army
8th Army
|battles = Boxer Rebellion
Russo-Japanese War
World War I
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Mikhail Sokovin (Russian, Михаил Алексеевич Соковнин, 18 October 1863 – 1943) was an Imperial Russian army commander.{{Cite news |last=Larrabee |first=F. Stephen |date=1988-06-01 |title=Gorbachev and the Soviet Military |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/1988-06-01/gorbachev-and-soviet-military |access-date=2024-02-25 |work=Foreign Affairs |language=en-US |issue=Summer 1988 |issn=0015-7120}} He served in China and fought in the war against the Empire of Japan. He was promoted to polkovnik (colonel) in April 1902 and major general in April 1908.
Awards
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class, 1893
- Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1896
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1899
- Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1900
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1902
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class (November 26, 1904)
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class (December 6, 1912)
- Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1914
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1916
- Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1917
References
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External links
- [http://www.hrono.info/biograf/bio_s/sokovkin.html Биография Соковнина М. А. на сайте «Хронос»]
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Category:Russian military personnel of the Boxer Rebellion
Category:Russian military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War
Category:Russian military personnel of World War I
Category:Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 3rd class
Category:Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class
Category:Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 2nd class
Category:Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class
Category:Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class
Category:Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
Category:Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class
Category:Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
Category:Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class
Category:Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia)
Category:Expatriates from the Russian Empire in China
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