Mikhail Fyodorovich Ananio (1866, 1940) was the commander of the 5th Caucasian Rifle Regiment and a hero of World War I, having risen to the rank of major general. In 1918, he led the Hellenic Caucasian Rifle Division.

By faith, he was Orthodox and was the son of a personal nobleman. Ananio graduated from the Tiflis Cadet Corps in 1891 and completed the military school course at the Kiev Infantry Junker School in 1894, after which he received the rank of second lieutenant in the 19th Rifle Regiment.

In 1897, he was transferred to the Mikhailovskaya Fortress Artillery. He became a lieutenant on July 19, 1898, and then a staff captain on August 19, 1901. In 1906, Ananio graduated from the Nikolayev Academy of the General Staff with honors and was promoted to captain for his academic success. In 1906 and 1908, he commanded a company in the 81st Infantry Apsheron Regiment.

On November 26, 1908, Ananio was transferred to the General Staff and appointed senior adjutant of the Semirechensk Military District staff. On June 24, 1911, he became the senior adjutant of the 14th Army Corps staff. On February 4, 1913, he was appointed acting staff officer for assignments at the 3rd Caucasian Army Corps staff, and on April 14, he received the rank of lieutenant colonel. On June 15, 1914, Ananio became the senior adjutant of the Caucasian Military District staff.

With the onset of World War I, on August 15, 1914, he was appointed head of the office of the Chief of Military Communications of the Caucasian Army. On February 20, 1915, he became acting chief of staff of the 39th Infantry Division, and on June 15 of the same year, he received the rank of colonel. On March 5, 1916, Ananio was appointed head of the department of the General Quartermaster's Office of the Caucasian Army staff, and on April 7 of the same year, he became the commander of the 5th Caucasian Rifle Regiment and was awarded the George's weapon.

On November 21, 1917, he was promoted to major general, and on November 23, he became the chief of staff of the 4th Caucasian Army Corps. Being of Greek descent, in 1918, he led the Hellenic Caucasian Rifle Division, formed on the Caucasian front.

In exile, Ananio lived in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he was the chairman of the Union of Hellenes, officers of the former army in Greece. He died in 1930 and was buried in the Russian section of the Allied military cemetery in Zeitenlik.