page_title: Ali-Agha Shikhlinski
section_title: Russo-Japanese War
hierarchical_section_title: Ali-Agha Shikhlinski / Life and military career / Russo-Japanese War
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Защитники Порт-Артура - из бригады генерал-майора Ирмана. Группа офицеров-артиллеристов во главе со своим командиром Али-Ага Шихлинским.
context_page_description: Ali-Agha Ismail-Agha oglu Shikhlinski, sometimes anglicized as Ali-Agha Shikhlinsky was an Azerbaijani lieutenant-general of the Russian imperial army, Deputy Minister of Defense and General of the Artillery of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and a Soviet military officer.
context_section_description: During the Russo-Japanese War Shikhlinski was the commander of an artillery battery. He especially distinguished himself during the siege of Port Arthur when, despite being severely wounded in his leg, he personally aimed the guns which lost their guncrews and repulsed attacks of superior Japanese forces.
  For the services in battle on September 28, 1905, he was decorated with the Order of Saint George 4th degree. He was also awarded a Saint George Sword and conferred the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
caption: Artillery officers with Shikhlinski in middle (1905, Port Arthur)
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