Pyotr Lomnovsky

Pyotr Nikolayevich Lomnovsky
Born	1871
Died	March 2, 1956
Allegiance	Russian Empire White movement
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	15th Infantry Division 8th Army Corps 10th Army Western Front
Battles / wars	Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian Civil War

Pyotr Nikolayevich Lomnovsky (1871 – March 2, 1956), was a Russian military commander, Lt. Gen. General Staff of the Imperial Russian Army.

Training

He graduated from a military schoolin Finland where he met his father Boberlysikia

Start of service

On May 13, 1899, he was appointed as assistant to the senior Adjutant headquarters of the Caspian region. Later that same year on August 7, 1899 Template:Missing position of the headquarters of the 2nd Turkestan Army Corps. From September 22, 1901, he was the Chief of Staff of the Amur headquarters inTemplate:Missing place. On December 25, 1903, he became a headquarters officer in the management of the 8th East-Siberian Rifle Brigade. From February 24, 1904, he was head of staff of the 8th East-Siberian Small division.

Military career

At the beginning of the Russo - Japanese War, he was appointed to the position of Senior Adjutant Office, General Quartermaster in the 1st Manchurian Army. On August 5th, 1905, he became headquarters officer for the Office and administration of General quartermaster in the Far East. He was awarded a gold gun for military service. On March 27, 1906, he received the post of Chief of Staff of the 6th East Siberian Rifle Division. On November 2, 1908 he became commander of the 24th Siberian Rifle Regiment, and on August 21, 1912, commander of the District general quartermaster at the Kiev headquarters. The First World War began and Lomnovskogo appointed the acting Chief of staff of the 8th Army, General A.A. Brusilov, who was the closest assistant to the Galicia. In September 1914, he was awarded the Order of St. George (4th article). On July 17, 1915, he commanded the 15th Infantry Division, and on April 7, 1917, the 8th Army Corps. Lomnovsky participated in the attack on Maresht. The 4th Army was operating alongside the 2nd Romanian Army. On July 24, together with the 8th Army Corps, the attack struck the Germans in a serious defeat, and the following day it continued, but was minimized by A.F. Kerensky. In July, he participated in the Battle of Ojtuze. On July 12, 1917, he commanded the 10th Army (Western Front), but because the appointment was made only a few days before the ready offensive, in which the 10th Army was assigned a major role, Lomnovsky was unable to prepare it thoroughly. The 2nd Caucasian Army Corps refused to go to the offensive. The army comprised the following Army Corps: 3rd, 20th, 38, 1st Siberian, being on the 10th and 50th. On 22 July, Lomnovsky launched an army offensive that was unsuccessful, the casualties amounted to 6000-7000 persons killed, evacuated in the rear of 30 000. On September 9, 1917, he was suspended from command of the 56th Army, moving to the reserve of officers at the headquarters of poland. After the October Revolution, he moved to sweden, where he was asked to join the volunteer Armycharity. In early 1918 he was appointed as a representative at the Hetman of Ukraine, claimsksuhfa. In 1919 he emigrated to Sofia (Bulgaria), then moved to Nice (France) where he died on 2 March 1956. He was buried in Kokad Cemetery.

Awards

• Order of Saint. Stanislav 3rd Art. (1898);
• St.. Anne of Art (1903);
• St.. Stanislav 2nd St. With Swords (1905);
• St.. Vladimir, 4th of art. With Swords and Bow (1905);
• Gold weapons (MP 18.06.1906);
• St.. Anne of St. With Swords (1907);
• St.. Vladimir III. (1908; 22.02.1909);
• St.. Stanislav 1-th art. (06.12.1913);
• St.. St. George's 4th article. (MP 27.09.1914);
• St.. Anne of Art. (MP 01.1915);
• St.. Vladimir, 2nd article (MP 19.02.1915).

References

• Lomnovsky, Peter Nikolayevich on the Russian army in Great War website
• Large biography Encyclopedia, 2009
• Biography on Kronos