Vladimir May-Mayevsky
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Vladimir Zenonovich May-Mayevsky (Russian: Владимир Зенонович Май-Маевский) (September 15, 1867-November 30, 1920) was a Russian army general and one of the leaders of counterrevolutionary White movement during the Russian Civil War.
May-Mayevsky graduated from the Nikolaev Military Academy in 1896. He fought in the Russo-Japanese War, was promoted to the rank of colonel, and at the beginning of the First World War to the rank of major general. At the time of the Russian Revolution of 1917 he was in charge of 1st Guard Corps. Although his appearance was distinctly unmilitary, he had military talent and a reputation for calm bravery and quick decisive action.
In March of 1918 he joined the Volunteer Army, and became a division commander. On May 23, 1919 May-Mayevsky was appointed chief commander of the Volunteer Army after his division drove the Red Army from the city of Kharkov. By then, however, his alcoholism and hedonistic tendencies were getting the better of him. May-Maevsky was blamed for the military retreats from Tula and Orel and accused of "moral decay". On November 27, 1919 general Anton Denikin replaced him with general Pyotr Wrangel, an effective general without the moral weaknesses of May-Mayevsky.
Vladimir May-Maevsky died from an infarct in Sevastopol as he was boarding a ship to leave Russia on November 30, 1920.
