Pleshkov was the son of Russian general Mikhail Mikhaylovich Pleshkov Sr. He served in Russian cavalry and took part in World War I. On 30 December 1915 he received the rank of colonel, and starting from 1917 was acting as regiment commander, reaching the rank of general-major by 1919–20. During those years of the Russian Civil War, he was one of the leaders of the White movement in the Far East, and after its fall emigrated from Russia. He died in 1956 in the United States.
Bibliography
- Mikhail Mikhaylovich Pleshkov (1959) Мои воспоминания, Munich, 76 pp.
References
1. ^[https://vtoraya-literatura.com/pdf/pleshkov_moi_vospominaniya_1959_text.pdf Mention of Mikhail Pleshkov's date of birth (page 7)] {{ru icon}}
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