Maj. Gen. Mikhail Dmitrievich Nechvolodov
Maj. Gen. Mikhail Dmitrievich Nechvolodov. Born the son of a colonel in St. Petersburg in 1867, a military path was laid open for him and, after a junkers military school education, was enrolled as a 2LT in the 90th Onega Infantry Rgt in 1885. After decorated service (St. Stanislaus, St Vladimir, St. Annes crosses) as a captain with assorted East Siberian Rifle regiments in the Boxer Rebellion and Russo-Japanese War, he began the Great War as a colonel in command of the 132nd Bendery Infantry Rgt and, earning a St. George in 1915, raised the 1st Special Infantry Brigade (1-ère Brigade russe spéciale) and took it to France in 1916, earning a French Legion of Honor on the Western Front in the process. Returning to Russia in early 1917, he briefly commanded the 45th Infantry Division until he was cashiered following the Revolution. Following some work on the sidelines of the Russian Civil War, he retired to Paris in 1920 with his brother Alexander (also a major general, formerly commander of the 19th Infantry Division in 1917) and became a very-well-decorated taxi driver while writing several volumes of military history in his free time and joining a number of Russian officer organizations. He passed in Paris in 1951 and is buried in the Russian cemetery in Chassaigne.