Fyodor Palitzin

{{Short description|Russian general (1851–1923)}} {{expand Russian|date=May 2023|topic=bio}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Fyodor Palitzin | birth_date = 28 October 1851 (Gregorian) | death_date = 19 February 1923 | birth_place = | death_place = Berlin, Weimar Republic | native_name = {{No bold|Фёдор Палицын}} | native_name_lang = ru | image = File:Palitsin Fedor Fedorovich.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|Russian Empire}} | branch = 20px Imperial Russian Army | service_years = | rank = Lieutenant General | commands = *Caucasus Army *Russian Expeditionary Force in France | battles = {{tree list}} * Russo-Turkish War * World War I ** Second Battle of the Aisne {{tree list/end}} | awards = Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky | alma_mater = Pavel Military School<br>Nicholas General Staff Academy | office = Chief of the Russian General Staff | term_start = 28 June 1905 | term_end = 2 December 1908 | predecessor = Pyotr Frolov | successor = Vladimir Sukhomlinov | monarch = Nicholas II }} '''Fyodor Fyodorovich Palitzin''' ({{langx|ru|Фёдор Фёдорович Палицын}}; {{OldStyleDate|28 October|1851|15 October}} – 19 February 1923), also spelled '''Palitsyn''', was an Imperial Russian Army general who commanded the Russian Expeditionary Force in France.

Palitzin attended the Pavel Military School until 1870, when he moved on to the General Staff Academy. Upon graduation in 1877 he served in the Russo-Turkish War.<ref name=Sov>{{cite web|title=Palitsyn, Fedor Fedorovich|url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Fedor+Fedorovich+Palitsyn|website=encyclopedia2|publisher=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|accessdate=4 September 2014}}</ref> He was appointed chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff in June 1905, where he played a role in the military reforms until his resignation in 1908: he disagreed with the subordination of the General Staff to the Ministry of War. However, he retained his seat on the Military Council<ref name=Sov /> Initially during World War I, he served on the Northwestern Front. Following the removal of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia from overall command of the Imperial Russian Army, Palitzin was reassigned to the Caucasus Army, whence he was then sent to France to lead the Russian Expeditionary Force in France.<ref name=Cockfield>{{cite book|last1=Cockfield|first1=Jamie H.|title=With snow on their boots : the tragic odyssey of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France during World War I|date=1999|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|location=New York|isbn=978-0312220822|page=137|edition=1st St. Martin's Griffin}}</ref>

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