Vasily Iosifovich Romeyko-Gurko served for a brief period as a Chief-of-Staff of the Imperial Russian Army before being forced out of the country in exile following the October Revolution of 1917. Wikipedia
Born: May 20, 1864, Catherine Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: February 11, 1937 (age 72 years), Rome, Italy
Parents: Iosif Vladimirovich Gurko and Maria Gurko