Vladimir Bresler

Vladimir Petrovich Bresler, Russian Владимир Петрович Бреслер (born June 24, 1874,?) is a Russian military general (major), an emigre military activist.

He graduated from the Cadet Corps in Tyflis, and in 1894, a Constantine military school. Served as a lieutenant at the 16th Mingrelski Grenadier Regiment. In 1897 he was promoted to Lieutenant, and in 1901 he was promoted to lieutenant. In 1904 he graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of General Staff, earning the rank of captain. He participated in the Russo-Japanese War. In 1905 he served as an officer of the Special Forces in the 11th Army Corps. In 1906, he played a similar role in the staff of the XVII Corps. He then commanded the 48th Infantry Regiment. Shortly thereafter he became a senior adjutant in the staff of the 1st Cavalry Brigade and then the 9th Infantry Division. From 1907 he was an officer in the Special Forces of the Kiev Military District. In 1909, he was named Lieutenant Colonel. Since 1911 he lectured at a military school in Kiev. In 1912 he became a colonel. In 1913 he commanded the battalion of the 131 Tyraspolian Infantry Regiment. He participated in the First World War. In January 1915 he assumed the function of senior adjutant of the general-quartermaster division, and soon the chief of staff of the 33rd Infantry Division. Since September this year he commanded the 129th Besarabian Infantry Regiment. In 1916 he was promoted to Major General. Since December of this year he was the Chief of Staff of the 18th Infantry Division. In October 1917 he was appointed deputy chief of the Army of the Southwest Front. After the demobilization he stayed in Kiev, then Poltava. In November 1918 he left Odessa to Constantinople. At the beginning of 1919 he came to Yekaterinodar, where he joined the White General Anton Denikin. Initially, he was in the reserve officer. In September this year he became the chief of command of the commanding officer of the Kyiv Oblast. Since December he was in reserve of the officers of the Novorossiysk Region. In the beginning of 1920 he left for Constantinople again. In 1922 he settled in Berlin. He served in the Russian General Association (ROWS). After the German invasion of the USSR on June 22, 1941, he participated in the recruitment of Russian volunteers as translators to the eastern front. At the end of the war he was arrested by the officers of the Smiers. His fates are unknown.

Biography of Vladimir Bresler (Russian) Bibliography

Nikołaj N. Rutycz, Biographical directory of the highest ranks of the Volunteer Army and the Armed Forces of the South of Russia: Materials on the history of the White movement, 2002

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