1. Mikhail Diterikhs was born to Konstantin Alexandrovich Mikhail Diterikhs, who served as a general of the Russian Imperial Army in the Caucasus, and Olga Iosifovna Musintskaya, a Russian noblewoman.
17 Facts About Mikhail Diterikhs
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Mikhail Diterikhs's family was of German Bohemian descent, his great-grandfather Johann Gottfried Dieterichs moved from Wolfenbuttel, in the Duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg, to Waiwara in Estonia during the 18th century.
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In 1900, Mikhail Diterikhs graduated from the Page Corps and was assigned a post in the Life Guards 2nd Artillery Brigade.
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Mikhail Diterikhs arrived at the front in Manchuria in August 1904, and participated in the Battles of Liaoyang, Shaho and Mukden.
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From 1913, Mikhail Diterikhs was head of the Mobilization Department of the Main Directorate of the General Staff.
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Mikhail Diterikhs helped the Czech Legion to organize their first resistance in May 1918, and commanded their Irkutsk-Chita-Vladivostok armed group.
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Mikhail Diterikhs was ordered by Admiral Kolchak to arrest the Ufa directory but delayed his move.
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From January to July 1919 Mikhail Diterikhs personally supervised the Sokolov investigation of the murder of Tsar Nicholas II.
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In July 1919 Mikhail Diterikhs took command of the Siberian Army of Admiral Kolchak.
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Mikhail Diterikhs assisted in creation of various paramilitary militias in support of the White movement and the Russian Orthodox Church against the Bolsheviks.
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Periodically Mikhail Diterikhs figured in the negotiations between the Provisional Priamurye Government and other White forces.
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On June 8,1922, Mikhail Diterikhs returned to take over the Army of Verzhbitski as well as the civil administration.
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Mikhail Diterikhs had tried, in vain, to convince the Japanese not to withdraw their military support.
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Mikhail Diterikhs founded the last Zemsky Sobor on Russian soil on July 23,1922.
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On October 25,1922, the Bolsheviks defeated Mikhail Diterikhs's army, forcing an evacuation from Vladivostok to China and Korea via Japanese ships.
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Mikhail Diterikhs became the head of the Far East chapter of the Russian All-Military Union organization.
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Mikhail Diterikhs died in Shanghai in 1937, where he was buried.