Sergey Markov

Russian military commander and White movement leader (1878–1918)

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Sergey Leonidovich Markov
General Markov, 1918
Born	(1878-07-19)19 July 1878 Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	25 June 1918(1918-06-25) (aged 39) Outside Salsk, Russian Republic
Allegiance	Russian Empire Russian Republic
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army White Army
Years of service	1904–1918
Battles/wars	Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian Civil War

Sergey Leonidovich Markov (Russian: Серге́й Леони́дович Ма́рков) (July 19 [O.S. July 7] 1878 – June 25, 1918), was an Imperial Russian Army general, and became one of the founders of the Volunteer Army counterrevolutionary force of the White movement in southern Russia during the Russian Civil War which broke out in 1917.

Biography

Sergey Markov was born in Saint Petersburg Guberniya. Markov was a career officer, he graduated from the General Staff Academy, St. Petersburg in 1904 and fought in the Russo-Japanese War and was decorated with Order of St. Vladimir.

Between 1911 and 1914 he taught at the Academy, renamed to Imperial Nicholas Military Academy. During the First World War, Markov fought under command of General Denikin and was decorated with Order of St. George for bravery.

After the February Revolution of 1917, Markov was first promoted to the commander of South-Western front, but later dismissed from his post and arrested because of his support for General Lavr Kornilov during the Kornilov Affair. On November 19, 1917, Markov escaped from prison and together with generals Denikin and Kornilov, he raised the Volunteer Army in Don region.

On 25 June 1918, during the Kuban Offensive, Markov was fatally wounded when the Volunteer Army captured Torgovaia.^[1]

References

^ Kenez, Peter (2004). Red Attack, White Resistance; Civil War in South Russia 1918. Washington, DC: New Academia Publishing. p. 170. ISBN 9780974493442.