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Viktor Sakharov
Виктор Сахаров
General Viktor Sakharov in 1904

Minister of War
In office 7 February 1904 – 21 June 1905
Monarch	Nicholas II
Preceded by	Aleksey Kuropatkin
Succeeded by	Aleksandr Roediger
Personal details
Born	20 July 1848 Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	22 November 1905 (aged 57) Saratov, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire
Relations	Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov (brother)
Military service
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch/service	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1865–1905
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Russo-Turkish War Russo-Japanese War
Awards	see awards

Viktor Viktorovich Sakharov (Russian: Виктор Викторович Сахаров; 20 July 1848 in Moscow – 22 November 1905 in Saratov) was a Russian lieutenant general and Imperial Minister of War (1904–1905).

Sakharov was a graduate of the Nicholas Academy of the General Staff and served in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). He was subsequently named Assistant Chief of Staff of the Warsaw Military District, then Quartermaster General of the Warsaw Military District, and then Chief of Staff of the Odessa Military District. In 1898, Sakharov became Chief of the General Staff of the Imperial Russian Army.

In early 1904, after the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, Sakharov succeeded Aleksey Kuropatkin as a Minister of War, when Kuropatkin was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian land forces in Manchuria. Sakharov remained in St Petersburg throughout the war, and had little influence on the strategy or tactics of the conflict. He was dismissed from this post by Tsar Nicholas II on 21 June 1905 and replaced by Lieutenant General Aleksandr Rediger on 4 July 1905.^[1] In late 1905, Sakharov was sent to Saratov Province to restore order during agrarian disturbances. On 22 November 1905, he was mortally shot by the SR woman terrorist Anastasia Bitsenko in the house of the Saratov governor Pyotr Stolypin.

His brother Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov was also a general in the Imperial Russian Army.

Kowner, Rotem (2006). Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4927-5.

V.I. Gurko. Features And Figures Of The Past. Government And Opinion In The Reign Of Nicholas II.

^ Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, p. 339.
^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 630.

Military offices
Preceded by Nikolai Obruchev	Chiefs of the Main Staff of the Imperial Russian Army 20 January 1898 – 11 March 1904	Succeeded by Pyotr Frolov