Kyprian Antonovich Kandratovich (Belarusian: Кіпрыян Кандратовіч, Kipryjan Kandratovič, Lithuanian: Kiprijanas Kondratavičius), (April 29, 1859 – October 31, 1932) was an Imperial Russian corps commander and the appointed commander of the armed forces of the short-lived Belarusian Democratic Republic.

In August 1913, Kandratovich was appointed commander of the 23rd Army Corps that participated in the Russian invasion of East Prussia and was nearly destroyed in the Battle of Tannenberg.

In October 1918, Kandratovich worked to organize Belarusian military units that were approved by the Russian Provisional Government.

He joined the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in April 1918 and became the Minister of the Interior in the government of Raman Skirmunt.

After the German surrender in November 1918, Kandratovich worked on organizing military units to defend against the Soviet westward offensive.

As the Red Army pushed forward, he evacuated to Vilnius where he briefly joined the Lithuanian government of Augustinas Voldemaras before retreating further to Hrodna in December 1918.

In 1900, he participated in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion and protection of the Chinese Eastern Railway in northern China and was promoted to major general for his actions.

[1] In February 1901, he became commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 36th Infantry Division, but returned to China and served in the Kwantung Leased Territory and Viceroyalty of the Far East [ru] until January 1904.

[2] In January 1907, he became assistant to the Governor-General of Turkestan Alexander Samsonov and Chief of Staff of the Semirechye Cossacks Army.

This was more of an administrative role, and Kandratovich dealt with suppression of the revolutionaries (remnants of the Russian Revolution of 1905) and a peasant revolt near Bishkek.

[1] In January 1910, he was reassigned as assistant to Governor-General of Tiflis Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov and commander of the 1st Caucasus Army Corps.

During the Russian invasion of East Prussia, the 2nd Army was essentially destroyed in the Battle of Tannenberg[1] and Kandratovich was dismissed from the command and demoted to the reserve ranks at the headquarters of the Minsk Military District on 30 August 1914.

[2] After the Great Retreat, Kandratovich returned to active duty and for some time inspected troops and visited the trenches on behalf of the commander of the Western Front.

According to the memoirs of general Vladimir Dzhunkovsky, in June–September 1917, Kandratovich was also an interim commander of the 3rd Siberian Army Corps stationed in Mir.

In his memoirs, Jezavitaŭ claimed that instead of taking initiative, Kandratovich was passive and awaiting a political decision from the top.

[1] Together with Raman Skirmunt and Vincent Hadleŭski, and other right-wing activists, Kandratovich organized the Minsk Belarusian Representation [be] in February 1918.

In November 1918, the Rada decided to establish the Belarusian Army [be] and assigned the task to Kandratovich and Jezavitaŭ.

[1] At the end of November 1918, as the Red Army pushed into Belarus, many activists and Belarusian soldiers, including Kandratovich, retreated to Vilnius.

[1] In January 1919, Kandratovich was a member of the delegation sent to represent Belarus at the Paris Peace Conference by Anton Luckievich.

[1] In Paris, the delegation worked to obtain international recognition for the Belarusian Democratic Republic and assistance (money and munitions) for the army.

Eugene Ladnov [be], Minister of Foreign Affairs, accused Kandratovich of putting personal interests ahead, e.g. trying to establish trade between Spain and Russia or trying to protect his estates in Belarus, and wanted him removed from the delegation.