# Alexander Samoylo

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{{Short description|Russian and Soviet general (1869–1963)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name          = Alexander Samoylo
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|df=yes|1869|11|4}}
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1963|11|8|1869|11|4|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire)
| death_place   = Moscow, [Russian SFSR](/source/Russian_SFSR), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)
| image         = Aleksandr Samoilo.jpg
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| allegiance    = {{flag|Russian Empire}}  <br/>{{flagu|Soviet Russia|1919}}  <br />{{flagu|Soviet Union|1936}}
| branch        = {{army|Russian Empire}}<br>{{army|USSR}} <br/> {{flagicon image|Flag of the Soviet Air Force.svg}} [Soviet Air Force](/source/Soviet_Air_Forces)
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| rank          = [Major General](/source/Major_General) (Russian Empire) <br/> [Lieutenant General](/source/Lieutenant_General) (Soviet Union)
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| battles       = [World War I](/source/World_War_I)<br />[Russian Civil War](/source/Russian_Civil_War)
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'''Alexander Alexandrovich Samoylo''' ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Само́йло}}; November 4, [<nowiki/>[O.S.](/source/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates) October 23] 1869 – November 8, 1963) was a commander in the [Imperial Russian Army](/source/Imperial_Russian_Army) and [Red Army](/source/Red_Army) during [World War I](/source/World_War_I) and the [Russian Civil War](/source/Russian_Civil_War).

Before the 1917 [Russian Revolution](/source/Russian_Revolution), he was a major general on the general staff and Chief of Staff of the [10th Army](/source/10th_Army_(Russian_Empire)). After the Russian Revolution, he was made commander of the [6th Red Army](/source/6th_Army_(RSFSR)) on the [Northern Front](/source/Northern_Front_(RSFSR)) between 22 November 1918 and 15 April 1920. In that capacity, he fought against the [Allied intervention in Northern Russia](/source/North_Russia_Intervention).  He also commanded the Red Army [Eastern front](/source/Eastern_Front_(RSFSR)) during 4 weeks in May 1919.

In 1940, he became lieutenant general of aviation and in 1943 a professor. He was a member of the [Communist Party of the Soviet Union](/source/Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union) from 1944 onwards. He was a recipient of the [Order of Lenin](/source/Order_of_Lenin), the [Order of the Red Banner](/source/Order_of_the_Red_Banner) and the [Order of the Patriotic War](/source/Order_of_the_Patriotic_War).

==Sources==
* Ministry of Defense of Russia. Military Encyclopedia. [http://encyclopedia.mil.ru/encyclopedia/history_department/more.htm?id=11596299 Entry on Alexander Samoylo] {{in lang|ru}}

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Category:Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery

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