May 24 (4 June), 1772 in Moscow, in an old noble family, was born Aleksei Petrovich Ermolov, Russian military and statesman, General of Artillery, veteran of war with France of 1805-1807, Patriotic war of 1812, Chief of Georgia during the Caucasian war (1817-1864), a member of the State Council of the Russian Empire.
On May 22 (June 4) 1916 during the World War I was launched one of the largest offensive operations of the Russian Army on the Southwestern front, which enabled to undertake a strategic breakthrough of the enemy’s front — called “the Brusilov Offensive”.