Leaders + Figureheads of the Russian Revolution and Civil War

Nadjoznyj was born in Novgorod in 1873. He attended the Cadet Corps Arakcheyev in Nizhny Novgorod. He joined the army in 1892, after graduating from the 1st Pavlosk Military School. He was assigned to the 14th Grenadier Regiment of Georgia. He became a Lieutenant of the 10th East Siberian Rifle Regiment in 1897. 

On 27th June 1906, he became Commander of the Amur Military District. On 26th January 1914, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the 10th Infantry Division. 

In August 1914, he was appointed Commander of the 40th Infantry Regiment and was subsequently promoted to the rank of major general. He became a Lieutenant General on 29th April 1917. On 12 October 1917, he became a Commander of the 42nd Army Corps. 

In 1918, he joined the Bolshevik Army, immediately becoming Chief of Finnish Defense. On 25th November, he became Supreme Commander of the Northern Front, a position he held until he was transferred to the Western Front in 1919. He simultaneously became Chief of Defense for the Petrograd District. 

From 1923 to 1924 he was Assistant Chief to the Military Academy of Red Army, until he became Head Inspector of the Troops for the Red Army. 

In 1926, the 'Head Inspector of Troops' became an Honorary Title, meaning that Nadjoznyj retired from active service. He became a teacher of Military History at M.V Frunze Military Academy. He held this post for 5 years. During this time he made a sub-career of producing and selling First World War memorabilia, including hand-drawn battle plans, trench diagrams and books. 

He was arrested on January 1st 1931 and was sentenced to labour camp. He was released early, after only 18 months. He returned to the Red Army. He taught at the Military Academy in Kirov from 1933 to 1941. He died in  Moscow in  1945.