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Leonid Vilgelmovich Lesh (Russian: Леонид Вильгельмович Леш; January 9, 1862 – August 28, 1934) was an Imperial Russian army commander. He served in China and fought in the war against the Empire of Japan.

Lesh took over command of the Third Army during the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive.^[1]

After the October Revolution of 1917, he fought against the Bolsheviks. With the defeat of the White Army in the civil war, he emigrated to Yugoslavia. He died in what is now Croatia.

Awards

Gold Sword for Bravery
Order of Saint George, 4th degree
Order of Saint George, 3rd degree
Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire)
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class

References

^ Buttar, Prit (2017). Germany Ascendant, The Eastern Front 1915. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 218. ISBN 9781472819376.

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Preceded by	Commander of the 1st Siberian Rifle Regiment 1904–1905	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commander of the 2nd Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division 1906–1907	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commander of the 2nd Guards Infantry Division 1910–1912	Succeeded by Vasily Flug
Preceded by Aleksei Brusilov	Commander of the 12th Army Corps 1914–1915	Succeeded by
Preceded by Radko Dimitriev	Commander of the 3rd Army 1915–1917	Succeeded by Mikhail Kvetsinsky

[PB2-1] Buttar, Prit (2017). Germany Ascendant, The Eastern Front 1915. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 218. ISBN 9781472819376.

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