Vladimir Ivanovich Postovsky ( 1886 , Odessa - November 24, 1957 , Ulyanovsk ) - Major General , the youngest military commander of the Volunteer Army .
| Vladimir Ivanovich Postovsky | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1886 |
| Place of Birth | Odessa , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | November 24, 1957 |
| Place of death | Ulyanovsk , USSR |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire |
| Rank | major general |
| Battles / wars | World War I |
Biography
He graduated from the Odessa Military School (1908).
In the service of the Great Don Army. He served in Simbirsk . Member of the 1st World War. Army foreman.
- March-April 1918 battalion commander of the 1st Kuban Rifle Regiment .
- August 4, 1918 promoted to colonel .
- October 6, 1918 - Joined the White Movement.
- The commander of the Salsky detachment (October 6 - October 23, 1918).
- November 1918 - Participated in the battles for Tsaritsyn , as the head of the detachment.
- May 1919 - Major General. The commander of the 2nd Brigade, and then the 12th Don Division of the 4th Don Corps of General Mamontov .
- May-September 1919 - Participated in the raid of Mamontov on the rear of the Red Army.
- September 1919 - Commander of a group of forces of the Volunteer Army as part of the Alekseevskaya and 2nd Drozdovskaya Infantry Brigades as part of the Shkuro Corps.
I joined all my infantry under the command of the valiant General Postovsky, a member of the Mamontov raids.
- Shkuro A. G. Civil War in Russia: Notes of the White Partisan
- October — November 1919 — The brigade commander from the 2nd Drozdovsky and Samur regiments defended the city of Kastornoye , commanding a group that had 4 armored trains, 4 tanks and 4 armored vehicles in the troops of General A. G. Shkuro.
In Kastornaya, I met the bearded General Postovsky, who was dressed in a soldier's overcoat. On his shoulder straps, several "zigzags" were drawn with a chemical pencil, which meant his rank as general. He commanded an infantry group, which included the Smolensk Regiment. The "general's" uniform hit me.
“Are you surprised how I am dressed?” The general asked when they jumped up to him with Novikov.
“Firstly,” explained Postovsky, “so that it would be warm, and secondly, so that the Reds would not know that I was a general.” Disguise. And you have a great horse, Colonel, - turned to Novikov. “Aren't you afraid that they might kill her under you?”
“Not only her,” Novikov answered, “but also me.”
To this, the general remarked:
“In vain did you put on the colonel’s uniform.” Look at me, if I get caught by the Reds, I look like a soldier. I don’t even shave therefore ...
I experienced an unpleasant feeling from the appearance of the commander of the infantry group. I think Vyacheslav Mitrofanovich also experienced this. How many more random people we had to meet in the war.
- Olga Almazova. The story of the wife of the White Guard General
- April 28, 1920 - Having not received a post in the Wrangel army , he resigned.
- Late April 1920 - Evacuated from Sevastopol and emigrated to France .
- 1931 - Chairman of the Society of Officers of the General Staff. He lived in France in the city of Neuilly (department of the Seine ).
- 1947 - Voluntarily returned to the USSR, chose Ulyanovsk for residence.
For the first year of our life in Ulyanovsk, we have established good relations with Maria Vasilievna Postovskaya and her husband, General Vladimir Ivanovich Postovsky; they weren’t given a Jacques room, but they immediately rented a spacious room in an old stone house and furnished it perfectly, because the famous container, loaded onto the “Russia” in Marseille and also traveling in our hut, had all their furniture, all kitchen utensils, curtains, carpets. Their room soon became famous throughout the city - furniture was not for sale anywhere in Ulyanovsk, no curtains, or, of course, a carpet was unthinkable, but about pots or pans, or just glasses and nothing to say ... Everything, everything that somehow related ordinary human life and everyday life were not on sale ...
Vladimir Ivanovich Postovsky was the Cossack general who was defeated by Voroshilov in the Civil War, and this was written by Alexei Tolstoy in the novel “Bread”; thus, Postovsky was a “historical figure”; on the wall in their room hung his Cossack whiskey and a kubanka; the wife, an elegant, beautiful woman, knew how to twist an adorable turban from any motley rag. Everyone in Ulyanovsk liked this pair, and they quickly got local acquaintances, even “at the top”. I visited them: a trip to the hut, the Odessa Lustdorf camp brought us closer, although we were very different people - well, now they are just Ulyanovsk residents.
- He worked as an accountant in the Red Partisan Artel.
He died of a heart attack in 1957, was buried in the New City Cemetery.