Viktor Sakharov

Viktor Viktorovich Sakharov (Russian: Виктор Викторович Сахаров; 20 July 1848 in Moscow – 22 November 1905 in Saratov) was a Russian lieutenant general and Imperial Minister of War (1904–1905).

Viktor Sakharov
Виктор Сахаров
General Viktor Sakharov in 1904
Minister of War
In office 7 February 1904 – 21 June 1905
Monarch	Nicholas II
Preceded by	Aleksey Kuropatkin
Succeeded by	Aleksandr Roediger
Chief of the Russian General Staff
In office 20 January 1898 – 11 March 1904
Preceded by	Nikolai Obruchev
Succeeded by	Pyotr Frolov
Personal details
Born	(1848-07-20)20 July 1848 Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	22 November 1905(1905-11-22) (aged 57) Saratov, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire
Relations	Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov (brother)
Military service
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch/service	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1865–1905
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Russo-Turkish War Russo-Japanese War
Awards	see awards

Biography

Sakharov was a graduate of the Nicholas Academy of the General Staff and served in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). He was subsequently named Assistant Chief of Staff of the Warsaw Military District, then Quartermaster General of the Warsaw Military District, and then Chief of Staff of the Odessa Military District. In 1898, Sakharov became Chief of the General Staff of the Imperial Russian Army.

In early 1904, after the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, Sakharov succeeded Aleksey Kuropatkin as a Minister of War, when Kuropatkin was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian land forces in Manchuria. Sakharov remained in St Petersburg throughout the war, and had little influence on the strategy or tactics of the conflict. He was dismissed from this post by Tsar Nicholas II on 21 June 1905 and replaced by Lieutenant General Aleksandr Rediger on 4 July 1905.^[1] In late 1905, Sakharov was sent to Saratov Province to restore order during agrarian disturbances. On 22 November 1905, he was mortally shot by the SR woman terrorist Anastasia Bitsenko in the house of the Saratov governor Pyotr Stolypin.

His brother Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov was also a general in the Imperial Russian Army.

Awards

• Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd degree
• Order of St. Anne, 3rd degree with swords (1877)
• Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd degree with swords (1877)
• Order of St. Anne, 2nd degree with swords (1878)
• Order of St Vladimir 4th degree, with swords (1878)
• Order of St Vladimir 3rd degree, with swords (1884)
• Order of St. Stanislaus 1st degree (1893)
• Order of St. Anne, 1st degree (1896)
• Order of St Vladimir 2nd degree, (1901)
• Order of the Cross of Takovo, (1901) (Kingdom of Serbia)^[2]
• Sword with order of the St.George 4th degree and diamonds (1905)

References

• Kowner, Rotem (2006). Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4927-5.

External links

• V.I. Gurko. Features And Figures Of The Past. Government And Opinion In The Reign Of Nicholas II.