Overview
Prince Vladimir Georgievich Kantakuzen (; - 16 July 1937) was a Russian major general who saw action in the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War.
Biography
Vladimir Kantakuzen was descended from the noble Romanian Cantacuzino family in Bessarabia Governorate: son of George Grigorievich Kantakusen.
Kantakuzen graduated from the 4th Moscow Cadet Corps (1892) and Mikhailovsky Artillery School (1895), was graduated lieutenant in the 15th cavalry artillery battery.
Ranks: lieutenant (1897), staff-captain (1901), podyesaul (1902), yesaul (1905), captain (1905), lieutenant colonel (1909), colonel (1915), major general (1917).
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