Vladimir (Karl Johan Woldemar) Alekseyevich Alftan Russian: Владимир Алексеевич Альфтан; 29 April [O.S.

17 April] 1860 – 19 December 1940) was a lieutenant general of the Imperial Russian Army, military orientalist, and researcher of Korea.

From the nobles of the Moscow Governorate of Finnish origin;[1] his father was lieutenant general (since 1878) Alexei Karlovich Alftan (1814–1885).

From 1 July 1890, he was to the Moscow Military District, he was then Senior Adjutant to the Headquarters of the 13th Army Corps.

Since 6 March 1895, he served as Senior Adjutant to the Chancellery under the Military Governor of Primorsky Krai.

In May 1923, together with his youngest son George, he left for Finland, where he was later the head of the ROVS department and chairman of the Union of Russian Military Disabled People.

“For the fact that in the battle of 13 August and 14, 1914 at the station Krasne, personally managing the division entrusted to him, occupying the middle combat section of the corps, being constantly under strong enemy fire, showed excellent courage, orderliness and impulse, which resulted in the defeat of the strongly opposed enemy and the capture of 25 enemy guns, 45 charging boxes, a lot of hand weapons, cartridges, outfits and captivity of eight officers and over 500 Austrian soldiers. "

“Because, being the head of the 78th Infantry Division, he pushed the enemy’s superior forces far deeper into the Carpathian Mountains and, commanding the Stryi detachment consisting of 5 infantry and 4 Cossack regiments, occupied the Carpathian passes in the direction by 10 January 1915 Stryi - Munkach, at the front Pudpoloch - Yablonovo - Maidanka.

By this time, the enemy concentrated on this front about three German and two Austrian divisions, with which he went on a decisive offensive.