Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinov (Russian: ???????? ????????????? ??????????, IPA: [s?x?'ml?in?f]; 16 August [O.S.
4 August] 1848 – 2 February 1926) was a cavalry general of the Imperial Russian Army (1906) who served as the Chief of the General Staff in 1908–09 and the Minister of War until 1915, when he was ousted from office amid allegations of failure to provide necessary armaments and munitions.
The Myasoedov/Sukhomlinov cases may have done more harm to the monarchy than the lurid scandals associated with Rasputin.