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Nikolai Judovich Ivanov (1851–1919) was a Russian
Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
 commander and counter-revolutionary.

Biography
Ivanov's military career began in the Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War or the Manchurian Campaign in some English sources, was a conflict that grew out of the rival imperialism ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea....
, a war in which the Russians performed disastrously. In 1908 he was promoted to the task of commanding the Russian forces in Kiev Military District
Kiev Military District

The Kiev Military District was a Russian military district of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of theSoviet Armed Forces....
, part of Russian Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
, a post which he held until the start of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 in 1914.

During 1914 he was given command of the Russian army on the Southwestern Front, responsible for much of the action in Galicia
Galicia (Central Europe)

Galicia is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, named after Ukra?ni?n city of Halych.The nucleus of historic Galicia is formed of three regions of western Ukraine: Lvivska oblast, Ternopilska oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast....
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Nikolai Judovich Ivanov (1851–1919) was a Russian
Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
 commander and counter-revolutionary.

Biography


Ivanov's military career began in the Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War or the Manchurian Campaign in some English sources, was a conflict that grew out of the rival imperialism ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea....
, a war in which the Russians performed disastrously. In 1908 he was promoted to the task of commanding the Russian forces in Kiev Military District
Kiev Military District

The Kiev Military District was a Russian military district of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of theSoviet Armed Forces....
, part of Russian Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
, a post which he held until the start of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 in 1914.

During 1914 he was given command of the Russian army on the Southwestern Front, responsible for much of the action in Galicia
Galicia (Central Europe)

Galicia is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, named after Ukra?ni?n city of Halych.The nucleus of historic Galicia is formed of three regions of western Ukraine: Lvivska oblast, Ternopilska oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast....
. Ivanov was able to hand the Austrians a defeat at the Battle of Galicia in August 1914 and a month later had repelled the Austro-Hungarians 100 miles back to the Carpathian Mountains
Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc of roughly 1,500 km across Central Europe and Eastern Europe, making them the largest mountain range in Europe....
, surrounded Przemysl
Siege of Przemysl

The Siege of Przemysl was one of the greatest sieges of the World War I, and a crushing defeat for Austria-Hungary. The investment of Fortress of Przemysl began on September 24, 1914 and was briefly suspended on October 11 due to an Austro-Hungarian offensive....
, and inflicted 300,000 casualties on the Austrians. In 1915 Ivanov was sacked by the Russian High Command and replaced with Alexei Brusilov, arguably the best Russian commander during the war, who planned and coordinated the Brusilov Offensive
Brusilov Offensive

The Brusilov Offensive was the Russian Empire's greatest feat of arms during World War I, and among the most lethal battles in world history. Professor Graydon A....
.

Due solely to his high political standing, he became a military advisor to Tsar Nicholas II
Nicholas II of Russia

Nicholas II was the last Tsar of Russian Empire, Grand Prince of Finland, and claimant to the title of King of Poland. His official title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is currently regarded as Saint Nicholas the Passion Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church....
 in the Stavka
Stavka

Stavka was the term used to refer to commander-in-chief of armed forces from the time of the Kievan Rus', more formally during the history of Military history of Imperial Russia as Staff and General Headquarters during late 19th Century Imperial Russian armed forces and those of the Military history of the Soviet Union....
, but his plans and suggestions were completely overshadowed by Mikhail Alekseev
Mikhail Alekseev

Mikhail Vasiliyevich Alekseyev was a Russian military leader before and during World War I, and one of the leaders of anti-Bolshevik forces in 1917-1918....
. When, in 1916, the Russian forces collapsed and the October Revolution ensued, Ivanov's military career with a united Russia came to an end.

A convinced royalist from the beginning, Ivanov fought with the White Army
White movement

The White movement , whose military arm is known as the White Army or White Guard and whose members are known as Whites comprised some of the Russian forces, both political and military, which opposed the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution and fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War from 1917 to 1923...
 against the communist Red Army
Red Army

The Red Army was the armed force first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union....
 in the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed and the Bolshevik party assumed power in Saint Petersburg....
, only to be killed in action in 1919.