Leonid Lesh

Leonid Vilgelmovich Lesh
Born	January 9, 1862 Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	August 28, 1934 Dubrovnik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Russian Empire White Movement
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1881–1920
Commands	1st Siberian Rifle Regiment 2nd Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division 2nd Guards Infantry Division 12th Army Corps 3rd Army
Battles / wars	Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Gorlice–Tarnów offensive Russian Civil War

Leonid Vilgelmovich Lesh (Russian: Леонид Вильгельмович Леш; 9 January 1862 – 28 August 1934) was an Imperial Russian Army commander. He served in the Boxer Rebellion, Russo Japanese War, and World War I.

Lesh took over command of the Third Army during the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive.[1]

After the October Revolution, he sided with the White movement during the Russian Civil War. With the defeat of the White movement, he evacuated from Odessa on 25 January 1920 and emigrated to Yugoslavia.[2] He died in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.[2]

Awards

• Gold Sword for Bravery
• Order of Saint George, 4th degree
• Order of Saint George, 3rd degree
• Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire)
• Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
• Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class
• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class
• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class

References

1. Buttar, Prit (2017). Germany Ascendant, The Eastern Front 1915. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 218. ISBN 9781472819376.
2. "Леш Леонид Вильгельмович — Офицеры русской императорской армии". www.ria1914.info. Retrieved 2024-07-09.

External links

• Страница на «Хроносе»
• Большая биографическая энциклопедия

Preceded by	Commander of the 1st Siberian Rifle Regiment 1904–1905	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commander of the 2nd Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division 1906–1907	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commander of the 2nd Guards Infantry Division 1910–1912	Succeeded by Vasily Flug
Preceded by Aleksei Brusilov	Commander of the 12th Army Corps 1914–1915	Succeeded by
Preceded by Radko Dimitriev	Commander of the 3rd Army 1915–1917	Succeeded by Mikhail Kvetsinsky