Sergei Gershelman
| Sergei Konstantinovich Gershelman | |
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General Sergei Gershelman
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| Born | June 26, 1854 |
| Died | 10 October 1910 (aged 56) Vilno, Russian Empire |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire
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| Service/branch | Imperial Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1852-1910 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | 12th Army Corps 16th European Army Corps Third Manchurian Army |
| Battles/wars |
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Russo-Japanese War |
Sergei Konstantinovich Gershelman (Russian: Серге́й Константинович Гершельман, Sergey Konstantinovich Gershelman; 26 June 1854 – 17 October 1910), last name also spelled Hershelman, was a Imperial Russian Army general, who fought in the Russo-Japanese War and served as the Governor-General of Moscow.
Although it has been claimed, even by Sergei Witte, that Gershelman's ancestors were baptized Jews, they were actually of German extraction.
Gershlman's great-grandfather, Ernst August Wilhelm Hoerschelmann von Epichnellen (фон Эпихнеллен), migrated from Thuringia to Revel (today's Tallinn). Ernst's son (and Sergei's grandfather), Ivan, served as the castellan of Tsar Paul I's palace in Peterhof, while Ivan's son (and Sergei's father) Konstantin Ivanovich Gershelman was a general in the Imperial Russian Army.
German names starting with an "H" have traditionally been transcribed into Russian with a Cyrillic 'Г', while Russian 'Г' is usually Romanized as G. Therefore, Gershelman's name usually appears in English with a G, unlike that of his German ancestors.
In 1872, Sergei Gershelman graduated from the Page Corps, an elite school for the children of Russian nobility with honors. He joined the Imperial Guard as a warrant officer. In 1877, already as a Stabs-Captain, he entered the General Staff Academy, but soon left to take part in the Russo-Turkish War, where he participated in a number of battles, including Tashkessen, Plovdiv and Adrianople, where he was wounded. He was decorated with several medals, including the Order of St Vladimir 4th class.
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