Woldemar von Boeckmann
Woldemar von Boeckmann | |
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| Born | 12 June 1848 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 26 November 1923 (aged 75) Finland |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army |
| Commands | 8th Cavalry Division 12th Army Corps 20th Army Corps 22nd Army Corps |
Woldemar Alexander Valerian von[1] Boeckmann (Russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Бе́кман, romanized: Vladimir Aleksandrovich Bekman or Böckmann;[2] 12 June 1848 – 26 November 1923) was an Imperial Russian division and corps commander.
He served as the Governor-General of Finland from 1908 to 1909. He was on the State Council (Russian Empire) from 1909 to 1917.
Awards
- Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1874
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1878
- Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1885
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1889
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1895
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1898
- Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1902
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1907
- Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire) (8 August 1916)
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
References
- ^ In German personal names, von is a preposition which approximately means 'of' or 'from' and usually denotes some sort of nobility. While von (always lower case) is part of the family name or territorial designation, not a first or middle name, if the noble is referred to by their last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.
- ^ Kalleinen, Kristiina (6 September 2001). "Böckmann, Vladimir Aleksandrovitsh (1848-1923)". Finnish National Biography (via Biografiasampo). Retrieved 2024-11-01.
External links
- Данные на сайте Биография. Ру
- Великие люди России — Бекман Владимир Александрович
- "Woldemar von Boeckmann" (in Russian). «Russian army in a Great war» project.
