Leonid Nikolayevich Punin ( 1892 - 1916 ) - lieutenant, well-known partisan of the First World War , St. George cavalier , organizer and chieftain of the Unit of Special Importance under the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Front (since March 1917 - Unit of Special Importance named after Ataman Punin).
| Leonid Nikolaevich Punin | |||||||
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 Lieutenant Leonid Punin. Summer 1915. | |||||||
| Date of Birth | July 8, 1892 | ||||||
| Date of death | September 1, 1916 (24 years old) | ||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||
| Rank | lieutenant | ||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I | ||||||
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Biography
Father - Nikolai Mikhailovich Punin, military doctor, doctor of the Guards Rifle Brigade, participant in the First World War. Mother - Anna Nikolaevna Artamonova, actress.
He graduated from the 2nd Cadet Corps (1910) and the Pavlovsk Military School (1912), from where he was released as lieutenant in the 94th Yenisei Infantry Regiment .
At the end of 1912 he was transferred to the 8th Finland Rifle Regiment , with which he entered the First World War . In 1914-1915 he was the head of the team of foot scouts, and also was an adjutant . He was awarded the Order of St. George 4th degree
| For the fact that during the period from November 13 to 19, 1914, he made a number of valuable reconnaissance, while being in close proximity to the enemy, under his strong artillery and rifle fire; the result of these intelligence was to determine the location of the enemy with. Zu-Buddern and the presentation of shooting his trenches with wire fences and passages among them. |
As part of the 8th Finland Rifle Regiment, he participated in the August and Skomintner operations, as well as battles for the Carpathians . In September 1915, he began to form a detachment of Special Importance , which was officially formed on December 7, 1915. The detachment consisted of seventy percent of the St. George cavaliers (from the 2nd, 4th and 5th cavalry divisions, the Separate cavalry brigade, the Ussuri cavalry brigade, the 2nd Latvian rifle battalion and the Reserve division of the city of Orel). In December 1915, Lieutenant Punin officially received permission to be called the chieftain . The squadron commanders of the detachment were the well-known white generals in the future β S. N. Bulak-Balakhovich (commander of the 2nd squadron), Yu. N. Bulak-Balakhovich (junior officer of the 2nd squadron), R. F. Ungern-Sternberg (commander 3rd squadron).
The detachment of special importance under the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Front was the only partisan formation operating on the territory of the Riga bridgehead. Ataman Puninβs detachment participated in Mitau , Riga, Dvinsk and other operations, and received positive feedback from the High Command.
On September 1, 1916, he was mortally wounded in a battle with the Germans - at Anticius Manor (now Antitsiems) and died on the same day. He was buried near St. Petersburg.
Family
Brothers: Nikolai (the famous art historian, the third husband of Anna Akhmatova ), Alexander (biologist, teacher), Leo (participant in the First World War, the Soviet-Finnish and World War II, military historian). Sister - Zinaida (during World War I - sister of mercy)
Rewards
- Order of St. George 4th degree (VP 04.25.1915)
- St. George's weapons (VP 21.11.1915)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th degree with swords and bow
- Order of St. Anne 4th Class
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd degree with swords and bow
- Order of St. Stanislav 2nd degree with swords
Sources
- Khoroshilova O.A. Special Riders. - M.: Russian Knights, 2013 .-- 247 p. Incl. ill.
- Khoroshilova Oh . Military guerrillas of the Great War. SPb. 2002
- Finkelstein K. I. Imperial Nikolaev Tsarskoye Selo Gymnasium. Pupils. - St. Petersburg: Silver Age, 2009. - S.218-222.
- Khoroshilova O. Shoulder straps of blue cloth (cadet diary of L. N. Punin) / Our Heritage. - 2009, No. 92.
- Khoroshilova O. Horsemen carrying the death of Germany (touches on the history of the detachment of special importance ataman Punin (1915-1918) / Homeland. - 2010, No. 4.
Literature
- Kolpakidi A., North A. Special Forces GRU. - M .: Yauza, Eksmo, 2008 .-- S. 88. - 864 p. - ISBN 978-5-699-28983-7 .