Yakov Zhilinsky
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| Gender | Male |
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| Date of birth | March 27,1853 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Mikhaylov |
| Russia | |
| Died | Russian Empire |
| Crimean Peninsula | |
| 1918 | |
| Crimean Peninsula | |
| Service/branch | Imperial Russian Army |
| Battles and wars | Russo-Japanese War |
| World War I | |
| Commands | 14th Cavalry Division |
| 10th Army Corps | |
| Warsaw Military District | |
| Imperial Russian Army | |
| Staff | |
| Northwestern Front | |
| Education | École de cavalerie Nicolas |
| Previous position | Chief of the General Staff (1911–1914) |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 935554 |
Yakov Zhilinsky Life story
Yakov Grigoryevich Zhilinsky was a Russian cavalry general, chief of staff of the Imperial Russian Army from 2 February 1911 to 4 March 1914. He was considered to be one of the main culprits of the failure of the East Prussian Campaign in the early stages of the First World War.