born Aug. 31, 1853, Tiflis, Russia
died March 17, 1926, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.
Russian general.
He distinguished himself in the Russo-Turkish War (187778) and was promoted to general in 1906. In World War I he led the Russian campaign in Galicia (1914) and was most famous as commander of the "Brusilov breakthrough" on the Eastern Front against Austria-Hungary (1916), inflicting losses that forced Germany to divert troops from the Battle of Verdun against France on the Western Front. He later served in the Bolshevik government as a military consultant (192024).