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to the fullest extent, and many thought that he pressed them to a theoretical extreme unattainable in practice. His critics, however, did not always realize that Dragomirov depended, for the efficiency his unit required, on the capacity of the leader, and that an essential part of the
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self-sacrificing discipline he exacted from his officers was the power of assuming responsibility. The details of his brilliant achievement of Zimnitza suffice to give a clear idea of Dragomirov's personality and of the way in which his methods of training conduced to success.
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regiment of his old division. For eleven years thereafter General Dragomirov was chief of the Nicholas Academy, and it was during this period that he collated and introduced into the Russian army all the best military literature of
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revolted, but by means of thorough efficiency in the individual soldier and in the smaller units. He inculcated the offensive at all costs, and the combination of crushing short range fire and the
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origin. His grandfather Ivan Antonovych Dragomirecki-Mockewicz after being granted a noble title in 1786, changed his name from Dragomirecki to the Russified form of Dragomirov.
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military circumscription. In 1873, Dragomirov was appointed to command the 14th division, and in this command he distinguished himself very greatly in the
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was not, however, the result of habit and early training, but of deliberate reasoning and choice. His model was, as he admitted in the war of 1866, the
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of 1904–1905, but his advice was continually solicited by the general headquarters at St. Petersburg, and while he disagreed with
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attracted even wider attention. Dragomirov was, in formal tactics, the head of the orthodox school. His
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on 28 October 1905. In addition to the orders which he already possessed, he received in 1901 the
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in 1891. His advanced age and failing health prevented his employment at the front during the
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in 1852 and lieutenant in 1854. In the latter year he was selected to study at the
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soon after this, was not able to see further active service. He was also made
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of the imperial family. This post he held until 1863, when, as a
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Russian military personnel of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
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Dragomirov entered the Guard infantry in 1849, becoming second
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Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima
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Dragomirov as a cossack chieftain (center) in painting by
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The portrait of Dragomirov's daughter Sofia, by Ilya Repin
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Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Third Degree
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His larger military works were mostly translated into
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he was sent to the Nicholas Academy as professor of
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Ilya Repin
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Russian Empire
Russian Empire
Imperial Russian Army
General of the Infantry
January Uprising
Austro-Prussian War
Russo-Turkish War
Battle of Svistov
Battle of Shipka Pass
Siege of Plevna
Russo-Japanese War
Order of St. Andrew
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Order of St. Vladimir

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