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Alexej A. Brussilow, portrait photo

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Person

Aleksei Alexeevich Brussilov

  • Russian soldier

Aleksei Alexeevich Brusilov was a general of the Russian Army and in 1916 assumed supreme command over the South West Front. He gave his name to the Brusilov offensive, which he led and which marked Russia's greatest military success in the First World War.

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