Mikhail Kvetsinsky
| Mikhail Fyodorovich Kvetsinsky | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 3, 1866 Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 31, 1923 (aged 57) Lillehammer, Norway |
| Buried at | city's cemetery of Lillehammer |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire, Ukrainian State,White Movement
|
| Service/branch | Army |
| Years of service | 1891–1920 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General (1915) |
| Commands held |
Mukden garrison (chief) 1st East-Siberian Rifle Regiment 21st Infantry Division 3rd Army Kiev Military District |
| Battles/wars |
Russo-Japan War World War I Anti-Bolshevik Struggle |
| Awards | Order of Saint George, 4th Class (1915) |
Mikhail Fyodorovich Kvetsinsky (Russian: Михаи́л Фёдорович Квецинский) (January 3, 1866 – March 31, 1923), also known as Michael (von) Kwetzinsky, was a Russian officer and a military administrator. He held notable command posts in the Russian Far East, during the Russo-Japanese War, during the First World War and during the Russian Civil War, when he was one of the leaders of the White Army of the North during the North Russia Intervention. Kvetsinsky became a Major-General in 1910 and a Lieutenant-General in 1915.
He fled to Norway together with his superior Yevgeny Miller in 1920 and lived as a cab driver and labourer at a brewery at Lillehammer until his death three years later. His son Wassily von Kwetzinsky became a music critic and cultural figure in Norway. His great-grandson is the Norwegian pianist Joachim Kwetzinsky.
He was born in Moscow Governorate to a Russian Orthodox military family and was the son of Fyodor Kvetsinsky, a captain in the Russian Army.
He obtained his education at the third , graduating it in 1885 as an infantry officer and soon enrolling into the Nikolayev Academy of General Staff which he finished it in 1891.
At first he was commissioned into the 8th artillery brigade.
Since February 9, 1892 he was a senior staff adjutant of the 17th Infantry Division (ID) and since October 12 the same year he was the assistant to the senior staff adjutant of the Warsaw Military District. February 1, 1893 he was appointed as the senior staff adjutant of the 3rd Guard ID.
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