Oganovsky was born on 26 August 1851 into an
Orthodox Christian noble family. He graduated from the . From 1 May to 1 September 1892, he served the qualifying command of a battalion in the and was promoted to
colonel on 23 March 1893. From 15 January 1896 to 1900, Oganovsky was chief of staff of the troops of
Ural Oblast. From 2 September 1900 to 25 March 1904, he was commander of the of the
20th Infantry Division. On 25 March 1904, he was promoted to Major General. Oganovsky then participated in the
Russo-Japanese War. From 25 March 1904 to 23 March 1905, he was commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Siberian Infantry Division and from 23 March 1905 to 21 November 1906, was
quartermaster general of the
1st Manchurian Army. From 21 November 1906 to 18 April 1907, Oganovsky was chief of the 53rd infantry reserve brigade, and from 18 April 1907, chief of the 66th infantry reserve brigade. He also served as chief of the 52nd Infantry Brigade. On 18 April 1910, he was promoted to Lieutenant General and from 24 October 1910, he was the head of the
51st Infantry Division. Since 11 September of the same year, he was in the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Petrograd Military District. From September 1916 to 1917 he was in the reserve ranks of the headquarters of the
Minsk Military District, from 17 June 1917 he was in the reserve ranks of the
Caucasus Military District.
Family Oganovsky was married as of 1911. • Father - John Lavrentievich Oganovsky
Works •
A brief report on the activities of the Quartermaster General of the 1st Manchurian Army / Quartermaster General General-M. Oganovsky. - Moscow: Partnership "Printing S. P. Yakovlev", 1906. - 37 p .; 27 cm. •
Some instructions about the military operations of the troops, derived from the experience of the Russian-Japanese war. Elizavetpol : A. Gadzhi-Hasanov's typographic press, 1907 .-- 38 p.
Awards •
Order of St. Vladimir, II Class (6 December 1909); • Order of St. Vladimir, III Class (1899); ==References==