Woldemar von Boeckmann

Woldemar Alexander Valerian von^[1] Boeckmann (Russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Бе́кман, romanized: Vladimir Aleksandrovich Bekman or Böckmann;^[2] 12 June 1848 – 26 November 1923) was an Imperial Russian division and corps commander.

Woldemar von Boeckmann
Born	12 June 1848 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	26 November 1923 (1923-11-27) (aged 75) Finland
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Commands	8th Cavalry Division 12th Army Corps 20th Army Corps 22nd Army Corps

He served as the Governor-General of Finland from 1908 to 1909. He was on the State Council (Russian Empire) from 1909 to 1917.

Awards

• Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1874
• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1878
• Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1885
• Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1889
• Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1895
• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1898
• Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1902
• Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1907
• Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire) (8 August 1916)

Preceded by	Chief of Staff of the 6th Cavalry Division 1884–1886	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commander of the 8th Cavalry Division 1899–1904	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commander of the 12th Army Corps 1904–1905	Succeeded by
Preceded by Semyon Vasilyevich Kakhanov	Commander of the 20th Army Corps 1905–1906	Succeeded by Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov
Preceded by	Commander of the 22nd Army Corps 1906–1908	Succeeded by
Preceded by Nikolai Gerhard	Governor-General of Finland 1908–1909	Succeeded by Franz Albert Seyn

Sources

• Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (Institute for East and Southeast European Studies)

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)