List of Russian field marshals
The following 64 officers of the Imperial Russian Army held the rank of field marshal (Генерал-фельдмаршал).[1] After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the rank was abolished, alongside the Table of Ranks. In 1935 however, the Soviet Red Army introduced the equivalent rank of "Marshal of the Soviet Union" (Маршал Советского Союза) when military ranks were restored under Stalin's rule.
The title of Russian Field Marshal was also bestowed on several foreign citizens:
Appointed | Portrait | Name | Lifespan |
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1700 | Charles Eugène, Duc de Croy | 1651–1702 | |
1762 | Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | 1690–1774 | |
1774 | Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt | 1719–1790 | |
1818[2] | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | 1769–1852 | |
1836 | Josef Graf zu Radetzky von Radetz | 1766–1858 | |
1837 | Archduke Johann of Austria | 1782–1859 | |
1872 | Helmuth Graf von Moltke | 1800–1891 | |
1872 | Archduke Albrecht of Austria | 1817–1895 | |
1872 | Crown Prince Albert of Saxony | 1828–1902 | |
1872 | Prince Friedrich Karl Alexander of Prussia | 1801–1883 | |
1872 | Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia | 1828–1885 | |
1872 | Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht of Prussia | 1809–1872 | |
1872 | Crown Prince Friedrich of Prussia | 1831–1888 | |
1888[3] | Wilhelm II of Germany | 1859–1941 | |
1910 | King Nicholas I of Montenegro | 1841–1921 | |
1912 | King Carol I of Romania | 1839–1914 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ (in Russian) Генерал-фельдмаршалы Российской империи
- ^ James William Edmund Doyle (1886). "Wellington". The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. Vol. 3. London: Longmans Green and Co. pp. 615–620.
- ^ Полное собрание законов Российской Империи. Собрание третье. Том VIII: 1888 год (Приказы № 4933–5685). Приказ №5356 от 14 июня 1888 года.
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