page_title: Dmitry Shcherbachev
section_title: World War 1
hierarchical_section_title: Dmitry Shcherbachev / Biography / World War 1
caption_attribution_description: English: General Shcherbachev with his staff in the general academy
context_page_description: Dmitry Grigoryevich Shcherbachev was a general in the Russian Army during World War I and one of the leaders of the White Movement during the Russian Civil War.
context_section_description: General Shcherbachev commanded the 11th Army, replacing General Andrey Selivanov, whom resigned due to poor health. His army participated in the Invasion of Galicia in the Southwestern Front. After the successful battle on the Austrian soil, he took the initiative and took possession of the city of Lemberg, for which he was awarded the Order of St. George of the 4th degree and was also awarded the St. George Sword. 
  For the fact that in the battles of the mountains. Lemberg and in especially persistent battles under the mountains. The Rawa-Russian manifestation of a special viability and tireless energy in the management of troops, thanks to a coalition result, remote attempts at battle, and also troops took many guns, charging boxes, ammunition, prisoners, and the direct fall of the mountains. Lemberg is obligated to its orders.
  In mid-September 1914, he led the siege detachment (6.5 divisions), which carried out the siege of the Fortress of Przemyśl. By September 2, his detachment conducted an unsuccessful assault on the fortress, and inflicted the main blow at Sedliski. in September 25 (October 8), to the fortress began to approach the field Austro-Hungarian troops, and September 9, the siege detachment of General Shcherbachev was disbanded.
  For the excellent leadership of the troops entrusted to him by the army in the battles of the second half of August 1915, of which the battles of August 24–25 under the Island and Draganovka were especially successful, and in the battles of 11-15th and 22-25th September and 8th, October 1915, with the troops of this army during the period from August 17 to October 10 taken prisoner 934 officers and 52895 lower ranks and captured 36 guns and 149 machine guns.
  In October 1915, he was promoted to General of the Infantry, and was appointed to general-adjutant . He also replaced Vladimir Nikitin as commander of the 7th Army. Under his command, the 7th Army was able to win numerous battles at the Strypa River during the Brusilov Offensive.
caption: General Shcherbachev (second row sitting-9th one from the left) with the graduates of the Nikolayev academy of General Staff
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