Aleksandr_Krymov
Aleksandr Krymov
Russian general
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Krymov (Russian: Крымов Александр Михайлович; 23 October 1871 – 31 August 1917) was a Russian Imperial Lieutenant General, a military commander of Russo-Japanese War, World War I, and the Russian Revolution era.
On April 4, 1917, he was appointed acting commander of the 3rd Cavalry Corps, which included the Savage Division. He refused to accept the appointment of Military Minister by the Russian Provisional Government. On August 24, 1917 Commander-in-Chief Lavr Kornilov appointed Krymov commander of the detached Petrograd Army (отдельная Петроградская армия) to secure the Russian capital of Petrograd.