Mikhail Sokovin Explained

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

Mikhail Sokovin (Russian, Михаил Алексеевич Соковнин, 18 October 1863 – 1943) was an Imperial Russian army commander.^[1] 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

External links

• Биография Соковнина М. А. на сайте «Хронос»

Notes and References

1. News: Larrabee . F. Stephen . 1988-06-01 . Gorbachev and the Soviet Military . 2024-02-25 . Foreign Affairs . en-US . Summer 1988 . 0015-7120.