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Pyotr Dmitryvich Telezhnikov
BornMarch 31, 1863
AllegianceRussian Empire
Service / branchImperial Russian Army
Ranklieutenant general
Commands17th Infantry Division
9th Army Corps
2nd Army
Battles / warsRusso-Japanese War
World War I

Pyotr Dmitryvich Telezhnikov (birth surname Schreider; born 31 March 1863) was an Imperial Russian division, corps and army commander. He was made a Poruchik in 1886, a Stabskapitän in 1890, a captain in 1892, a Podpolkovnik (lieutenant colonel) in 1896, a Polkovnik (colonel) in 1900 and a major general in 1909. He fought in the war against the Empire of Japan. He retained his original German surname until the war against the German Empire and Austria-Hungary, when changed it to a Russian one. In October 1917, he left Minsk for Petrograd. After the October Revolution, he offered his services to the Soviet Red Army, where he was stationed at Yaroslavsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast from January to December 1919. He retired on August 7, 1920.

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Preceded by Commander of the 17th Infantry Division
March 1915 – April 1917
Succeeded by
Preceded byNikolay Kiselevsky Commander of the 9th Army Corps
May–September 1917
Succeeded byAndrei Snesarev
Preceded byNikolai Danilov Commander of the 2nd Army
August 6–22, 1917
Succeeded byNikolai Danilov


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