Leonid Lesh Explained

Leonid Vilgelmovich Lesh
Birth Date:January 9, 1862
Birth Place:Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Date:August 28, 1934
Death Place:Dubrovnik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Allegiance:
White Movement
Branch: Imperial Russian Army
Serviceyears:1881–1920
Commands:1st Siberian Rifle Regiment
2nd Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division
2nd Guards Infantry Division
12th Army Corps
3rd Army
Battles:

Leonid Vilgelmovich Lesh (Russian: Леонид Вильгельмович Леш; 9 January 1862 – 28 August 1934) was an Imperial Russian Army commander. He served in the Boxer Rebellion, Russo Japanese War, and World War I.

Lesh took over command of the Third Army during the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive.[1]

After the October Revolution, he sided with the White movement during the Russian Civil War. With the defeat of the White movement, he evacuated from Odessa on 25 January 1920 and emigrated to Yugoslavia.[2] He died in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Buttar . Prit . Germany Ascendant, The Eastern Front 1915 . 2017 . Osprey Publishing . Oxford . 9781472819376 . 218.
  2. Web site: Леш Леонид Вильгельмович — Офицеры русской императорской армии . 2024-07-09 . www.ria1914.info.