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Dmitri Parsky
Russian general (1866–1921)
Dmitri Pavlovich Parsky (Russian: Дми́трий Па́влович Па́рский) (29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1866 in Tula – 20 December 1921) was a Russian general of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, who fought on the Eastern Front.
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In 1893 he attended the General Staff Academy.
In World War I, he commanded the 12th Army from 20 July to 9 September 1917 and the 3rd Army from 9 September 1917 to 8 November 1917.[1]
He was the first battle-experienced Tsarist General to offer his services to the Red Army,[2] explaining his viewpoint thus
- "I am far from this Bolshevism you preach. But I am ready to work honourably not only with them, but with anyone, even the Devil and his disciples, if only to save Russia from German slavery."[3]
During the Russian Civil War, he first was commander of the Narva Front and later of the entire Northern Front.
He died of typhus in 1921.