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Vladimir May-Mayevsky

Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (died 1920)

Born
September 15, 1867
Died
November 30, 1920
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1867

About Vladimir May-Mayevsky

Vladimir Zenonovich May-Mayevsky KCMG was a Russian military leader who was a general in the Imperial Russian Army and one of the leaders of the counterrevolutionary White movement during the Russian Civil War. During the Russo-Japanese War, May-Mayevsky was promoted to the rank of colonel and commanded the 1st Guards Corps, which he continued to command in the First World War, when he was promoted to the rank of major general. This unit soon merged with the Volunteer Army, and May-Mayevsky became a divisional commander.

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The world when Vladimir May-Mayevsky was born

Vladimir May-Mayevsky was born in 1867. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineUS purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
  • Technology milestoneDynamite patented by Alfred Nobel
  • Notable inventionDynamite
  • World population~1.47B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Johnson
  • U.S. population34.5M

1867 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Vladimir May-Mayevsky's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18672026
Population34.5M341 million

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