Boris Shteifon
Boris Aleksandrovich Shteifon (; 6 December 1881 – 30 April 1945) was a Russian lieutenant general in the Imperial Russian Army, who subsequently served as a general in the anti-communist White Army, and as the leader of the Nazi-allied Russian Corps in the German occupied territory of Serbia during World War II in Yugoslavia. Biography Boris Shteifon was born in 1881 in Kharkov (now in Ukraine). His father was a Jewish merchant converted to Orthodox Christianity, his mother was the daughter of a Russian Orthodox deacon. He graduated from the Chuguyivske Junker Infantry School, one of the premier schools of the Imperial Russian Army, and went to serve as a second lieutenant in the 124th Infantry Regiment based at Voronezh. He first saw combat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, during which he was injured with a concussion. He was also awarded for bravery and excellence five times, receiving the Order of St. Vladimir along with other decorations. He was promoted to lieutenant in September 1905. In 1911, Shteifon completed the Imperial Nicholas Military Academy with the rank of captain. He was subsequently assigned to serve in Russian Turkestan, and was a staff officer of the 2nd Turkistan Army Corps