Alexander Andreyevich Svechin
| Alexander Andreyevich Svechin | |
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Svechin, ca. 1923
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| Academy of General Staff of the Red Army | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Alexander Andreyevich Svechin Александр Андреевич Свечин 17 August 1878 Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire |
| Died | 28 July 1938 (aged 59) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Sovietc |
| Political party | All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) |
| Profession | Soldier |
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| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire Russian SFSR Soviet Union
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| Service/branch |
Russian Imperial Army Red Army |
| Years of service | 1899–1938 |
| Battles/wars |
World War I Soviet–Japanese Border War |
Alexander Andreyevich Svechin (Russian: Александр Андреевич Свечин; 17 August 1878, Odessa – 28 July 1938) was a Russian and Soviet military leader, military writer, educator and theorist, and author of the military classic Strategy.
He was born in Odessa, where his father was a general in the Imperial Russian Army. He was of Russian ethnicity. His elder brother Mikhail Svechin (1876–1969) was a cavalry officer in the cuirassiers who fought in Russo-Japanese War and World War I, joined the White movement in Russian Civil War and died in France in 1969.
He studied at St. Petersburg Cadet Corps, then in the Mikhailovsky Artillery School. He graduated from the General Staff Academy in 1903.
He participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 as a Company Commander in the 22nd Eastern Siberian Regiment, and subsequently as a staff officer at the headquarters of the 16th Army Corps, and a staff officer at the headquarters of the 3rd Manchurian Army.
After the start of World War I, he was assigned the command of the 5th Finland Rifle Regiment, and was later named Chief of Staff of the 7th Infantry Division, commander of the Black Sea Marine Division, major general in 1916 and finally chief of staff of the Russian 5th Army.
Following the October Revolution, in March 1918, he joined the Bolsheviks and was immediately appointed military commander of the Smolensk region. He rose to become the head of the All-Russian General Staff.
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