Viktor Zakharevich Savelyev
{{Short description|Russian General}}{{infobox military person
|name = Viktor Zakharevich Savelyev
|image = Savelev VZ.jpg
|birth_date = 2 February 1875
|birth_place = {{ill|Yermakovskaya, Rostov Oblast|ru|Ермаковская (Ростовская область)|lt=Yermakovskaya}}, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire
|death_date = 1943
|death_place = Kingdom of Bulgaria
|allegiance = Russian Empire
White movement
|branch = Imperial Russian Army
|rank = lieutenant general
|battles = World War I
Russian Civil War
}}
Viktor Zakharevich Savelyev ({{langx|ru|Виктор Захарьевич Савельев}}; 2 February 1875 – 1943) was a Russian general. At the beginning of World War I, he was still a colonel. He was promoted to major general in 1915. He was a recipient of the Order of Saint Anna, the Order of Saint George, the Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov) and the Gold Sword for Bravery. After the October Revolution, he opposed the Bolsheviks and later emigrated to Bulgaria.[http://nativregion.narod.ru/simple_page17.html Владимир Новиков. Три станицы]
References
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Bibliography
- {{comment|Клавинг В.|Валерий Клавинг}}. Гражданская война в России: Белые армии. — М., 2003. — (Военно-историческая библиотека)
External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091101133816/http://www.vgd.ru/S/saveljev.htm Всероссийское генеалогическое древо.]
- [http://passion-don.org/museum/spkaz_s.html Казаки в зарубежье.]
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Category:Russian military personnel of World War I
Category:White movement lieutenant generals
Category:Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Third Degree
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 Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 3rd class