Imperial Russia Russian General?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Does anyone know anything about a general Sokolow (sp?) taken prisonner by the germans? Maybe as early as 1914?

Thanks

Chris

[Steen Ammentorp]

Hi Chris,

I have asked a friend of mine to check the 1914 Russian seniority list and asked him a posible POW by that name. By 1914 there were there generals by the name of Sokolov:

Major-General Vladimir Ivanovich Sokolov, b. 1862

Major-General Klavdii Petrovich Sokolov, b. 1852

Major-General Sergei Petrovich Sokolov, b. 1858

However none of them appears to have become POWs.

V.I. Sokolov became a Lieutenant-General in 1917, later he joined the RKKA but was executed in 1919.

K.P. Sokolov was still in service in 1916, but he never saw front service

S.P. Sokolov could be a candidate as he commanded 2nd Brigade of 30th Infantry Division in 1914. It fought in East Prussia in 1914 near Gumbinnen. The 30th Infantry saw heavy losses. My friend has no information on his later career, but he does not appear on the 1916 seniority list. However apparently he emigrated after the Revolution and died in 1934.

Do you have any additional information what so ever?

[Chris Boonzaier]

I have a typed manuscript that looks to be a translated diary of a captured Russian General (it is in the group of a German officer who had a lot to do with the POWs).

On the first pake the name Sokolow is written at the top.

Best

Chris