Count Nikolai Nikolayevich Ignatev was a Russian major general, commander of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, hero of the First World War.
Occupation
military officer
Citizenship
Russian Empire
Born
August 21, 1872
Died
February 20, 1962
Overview
Nikolai Nikolayevich Ignatev (1872–1962) was a Russian major general, commander of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, hero of the First World War.
Biography
From the nobles of the Tver province. Born in Constantinople, where his father, Nikolai Pavlovich, served as Envoy Extraordinary at the Ottoman Port. Elder brother Paul is the Minister of Education.
He graduated from the Alexander Cadet Corps (1889) and the Page Corps (1891), was released as second lieutenant in the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment.
Ranks: Lieutenant (1895), Staff Captain (1900), Captain (1903), Colonel (1910), Aide-adjutant (1912), Major General (for distinction, 1915).
