PARTICIPATION OF MARSHAL A.M. VASILEVSKY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND IN THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR

Georgy Vladimirovich Andrianov

Church Research Center of the Kostroma Metropolitanate, Kostroma, Russia

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ORCID: 0000–0001–7534–6776

Issue: № 3 (31), 2025

Pages: 142

Annotation

Marshal of the USSR Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky is known for his great achievements during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). However, his military talent was developed in previous conflicts, including the First World War (1914-1918) and the Russian Civil War (1917-1922). After graduating from the Kostroma Theological Seminary in 1915, Captain Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky left the active army in the autumn of 1917 due to the changing political situation. For about a year and a half, he worked peacefully as a teacher. In the spring of 1919, he was once again "under arms" on the side of the Soviet government, which he identified with the central government of the state after the revolutionary events. During the fighting, Alexander Mikhailovich proved himself to be a competent and decisive commander. At the same time, he continued to learn and teach his comrades-in-arms the art of warfare. During this period, his personal approach to the soldier as a representative of the new era was fully formed.

Keywords

Marshal Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky, World War I, Russian Civil War, Kostroma Province, Tula Province, Samara Province