Dmitry Petrovich Dokhturov Explained

Dmitry Petrovich Dokhturov
Birth Date:	25 May 1838
Birth Place:	Tula Governorate, Russian Empire
Branch:	Imperial Russian Army
Serviceyears:	1855–1905
Rank:	General of the cavalry
Commands:	2nd Brigade, 33rd Infantry Division 2nd Brigade, 16th Infantry Division 12th Infantry Division 13th Infantry Division 11th Army Corps
Battles:	Caucasian War Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

Dmitry Petrovich Dokhturov (25 May 1838 – 25 March 1905) was an Imperial Russian brigade, division and corps commander. He fought in the wars in the Caucasus and against the Ottoman Empire.

Ranks

• Poruchik (23 April 1859)
• Stabskapitän (12 January 1861)
• Captain (28 November 1861)
• Rittmeister (17 April 1863)
• Podpolkovnik (lieutenant colonel) (13 September 1864)
• Polkovnik (colonel) (27 March 1866)
• Major general (14 September 1877)
• Lieutenant general (30 August 1886)
• General of the cavalry (6 December 1898)

Awards

• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class, 1861
• Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1863
• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1868
• Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1871
• Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1874
• Gold Sword for Bravery, 1877
• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1879
• Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1882
• Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1885
• Order of the White Eagle, 1890
• Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1896

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