Kyprian Kandratovich
Kyprian Antonovich Kandratovich was an Imperial Russian corps commander and the appointed commander of the armed forces of the short-lived Belarusian Democratic Republic.
He was born in what is now Belarus. He fought in the wars against the Ottoman Empire and the Empire of Japan. He fought against the German Empire on the Eastern Front.
After the October Revolution, he served in the government of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. He was a member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic and a member of the delegation of Belarus at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.
General Kandratovich spent his last years in the Second Polish Republic.Awards
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class, 1885
- Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1891
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class, 1896
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1902
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, 1904
- Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1905
- Gold Sword for Bravery
- Order of Saint George, 4th degree
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class
- Order of the White Eagle
- Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
