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Horse riding


Name
  
Mikhail Pleshkov

Mikhail Pleshkov

Died
  
November 12, 1956, New York, United States

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Pleshkov, Jr. (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Плешков; ? – 12 November 1956) was a Russian equestrian and military officer. He competed in jumping at the 1912 Summer Olympics and finished 21st individually and fifth with the Russian team.

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.

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