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Line 20: \| laterwork = }} '''Viktor Viktorovich Sakharov''' ({{lang-ru\|Виктор Викторович Сахаров }}), (1848 —– 22 November 1905, [[Saratov]]) was a Russian Lieutenant General and Minister of War (1904-1905). == Biography == Sakharov was a graduate of the [[General Staff Academy (Imperial Russia)\|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 [[Ministry of War of the Russian Empire\|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 [[Nicholas II of Russia\|Tsar Nicholas II]] on 21 June 1905 and replaced by Lieutenant General [[Aleksandr Rediger]] on 4 Juy 1905. <ref name= Kowner>Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. 339.</ref> In late 1905, Sakharov was sent to [[Saratov Oblast\|Saratov Province]] to restore order during agrarian disturbances. On 22 November 1905, he was mortally shot by the [[Socialist-Revolutionary Party\|SR]] woman terrorist [[Anastasiya 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== [[File:Order of Saint Stanislaus Ribbon.PNG\|30px\|link=Order of St. Stanislav]] [[Order of St. Stanislaus]] 3rd degree [[File:Order of Saint Anne Ribbon.PNG\|30px\|link=Order of St. Anna]] [[Order of St. Anna\|Order of St. Anne]], 3rd degree with swords (1877) [[File:Order of Saint Stanislaus Ribbon.PNG\|30px\|link=Order of St. Stanislav]] [[Order of St. Stanislaus]] 2nd degree with swords (1877) [[File:Order of Saint Anne Ribbon.PNG\|30px\|link=Order of St. Anna]] [[Order of St. Anna\|Order of St. Anne]], 2nd degree with swords (1878) [[File:Saint vladimir (bande).png\|30px\|link=Order of St. Vladimir]] [[Order of St Vladimir]] 4th degree, with swords (1878) [[File:Saint vladimir (bande).png\|30px\|link=Order of St. Vladimir]] [[Order of St Vladimir]] 3rd degree, with swords (1884) [[File:Order of Saint Stanislaus Ribbon.PNG\|30px\|link=Order of St. Stanislav]] [[Order of St. Stanislaus]] 1st degree (1893) [[File:Order of Saint Anne Ribbon.PNG\|30px\|link=Order of St. Anna]] [[Order of St. Anna\|Order of St. Anne]], 1st degree (1896) [[File:Saint vladimir (bande).png\|30px\|link=Order of St. Vladimir]] [[Order of St Vladimir]] 2nd degree, (1901) Line 43 ⟶ 45: ==External links== V.I. Gurko. [~~http~~https://~~www.~~archive.org/details/featuresandfigur011843mbp Features And Figures Of The Past. Government And Opinion In The Reign Of Nicholas II.] ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{Persondata Line 54 ⟶ 55: \|SHORT DESCRIPTION=Russian general and cabinet minister \|DATE OF BIRTH=1848 \|PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Moscow]], [[Russian Empire]] \|DATE OF DEATH=November 22, 1905 \|PLACE OF DEATH=[[Saratov]], Russia }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakharov, Viktor}} [[Category:1848 births]]

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