Dmitri Parsky

Dmitri Pavlovich Parsky (Дмитрий Павлович Парский) (17 (26) October, 1866 - 20 December, 1921) was a Russian general who commanded the 3rd Army from 9 September 1917 to 8 November 1917.

In 1893 he attended the General Staff Academy. He was the first battle-experienced Tsarist General to offer his services to the Red Army, explaining his viewpoint thus
 * "I am far from this Bolshevism you preach. But I am ready to work honourably not only with them, but with anyone, even the Devil and his disciples, if only to save Russia from German slavery."

He died of typhus in 1921.

Honours and awards

 * Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd class (1896);
 * Order of St. Anne 3rd class (1900);
 * Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd class (1903);
 * Order of St. Anne, 2nd class with swords (1906);
 * Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class with swords and bow (1906);
 * Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class (1909, 31 January 1910);
 * Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st class (6 December 1913)
 * Order of St. George, 4th class (2 June 1915)
 * Gold Sword for Bravery (1916)