16 Facts About Alexander Ragoza

In 1883, Alexander Ragoza graduated from the Nikolaev General Staff Academy.

On 27 April 1900, Alexander Ragoza took command of the 18th Vologda Infantry Regiment.

Alexander Ragoza was promoted to major general on 2 March 1904, he became commanding officer of the 1st Brigade of the 27th Infantry Division the same day 1904.

Alexander Ragoza received a promotion to lieutenant general on 13 April 1908.

Alexander Ragoza received the Order of Saint Vladimir Second Class with Swords, the Order of the White Eagle with Swords, and the Order of St George Fourth Class.

In March 1916, when the commander of the 2nd Army, General of the Infantry Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov, fell ill, Alexander Ragoza took command of the 2nd Army as well as the 4th Army.

Alexander Ragoza divided the 2nd Army into three groups and a reserve.

Alexander Ragoza remained in command of the 4th Army, which in the first half of November 1916 was transferred from Byelorussia to Wallachia on the Romanian front.

Alexander Ragoza remained in command of the 4th Army after it was redesignated the 4th Ukrainian Army in August 1917.

On 25 July 1917, Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government, Alexander Ragoza Kerensky, issued an order canceling the operation.

On 9 August 9,1917, Alexander Ragoza launched a counteroffensive in which his 8th Army Corps pushed back an Imperial German Army force under the command of General Weninger, and his 7th Army Corps joined Romanian troops driving back German troops under General Morgen.

Alexander Ragoza turned over the front to General Eremia Grigorescu's Romanian 1st Army, which replaced the Russian 8th Army Corps.

On 13 August 1917, as conditions deteriorated for his troops, Alexander Ragoza ordered the evacuation of Marasesti.

Alexander Ragoza raised a corps and three divisions during his tenure.

Shortly after that Alexander Ragoza left the Ukrainian capital for Odessa, where units loyal to the Volunteer Army, as well as troops from the interventionist powers, were stationed.

Alexander Ragoza's goal was to proceed further toward the Kuban and join the Whites to fight against the Bolsheviks, but while he managed to reach Odessa, he did not succeed in linking up with the anti-Bolshevik forces in time: in March 1919 Odessa was seized by troops under the command of ataman Nykyfor Hryhoriv, who was fighting under the Red banner at the time, and general Ragoza was promptly arrested.