Rogovsky, Mikhail Martynovich

Mikhail Martynovich Rogovsky (Ragovsky) (1804-1881) - infantry general, member of the Military Council.

Mikhail Martynovich Rogovsky
Date of Birth	July 29, 1804 ( 1804-07-29 )
Date of death	February 13, 1881 ( 1881-02-13 ) (aged 76)
Place of death	St. Petersburg
Affiliation	Russian empire
Type of army	General base
Rank	general from infantry
Commanded	General Directorate of Military Educational Institutions
Battles / wars	The Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 , the Polish Campaign of 1831
Awards and prizes	Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. (1828), Order of St. Vladimir , 4th art. (1829), Golden weapon “For courage” (1829), Order of St. Stanislav 3rd art. (1831), Order of St. Anne , 2nd art. (1831), Order of St. George , 4th art. (1841)

He came from the nobles of the Oryol province , was born on July 29, 1804. ^[1] and, at the end of home education, he entered the School for columnar workers . At the end of the course ^[2] , on January 29, 1822, Rogovsky was promoted to ensign with the admission of His Majesty to the Quartermaster unit and was sent to the 2nd Army, to the 6th Infantry Corps.

In October 1823, Rogovsky was sent to Bessarabia for filming, in 1825 he was promoted to second lieutenant and in 1828 to lieutenant , and in March of the same year, when Russian troops were on the occasion of the upcoming campaign against the Turks transferred to martial law, was seconded to the main apartment of the army, with which, in April 1828, entered the borders of Turkey and crossed the Prut under the fortress Brailov . Having received a business trip to Satun , he arrived there at a time when the Russian army was crossing the Danube , and took part in the crossing, under heavy enemy fire. Then Rogovsky was placed at the disposal of Adjutant General Count A.F. Orlov , who was appointed to block the Machin fortress, and on June 6, 1828, participated in the capture of this fortress, and then moved with Count Orlov’s detachment to the Girsov fortress, participated on June 11 in storming it and, on taking, joined the Main apartment, which was camped at Kara-Su.

On June 19, 1828, Rogovsky was appointed to the position of the quartermaster of the 1st Cavalry Jäger Division, with which he was on the move to Bazardzhik, took an active part in the battles under this fortress and, taking it, moved to Shumla , took part in the capture enemy positions and in continuous battles of Russian troops under the walls of this fortress. Here Rogovsky fell to a number of serious reconnaissance in the direction of Razgrad and Silistra , and he successfully completed the tasks entrusted to him, presenting detailed information about the areas passed and enemy forces.

In November 1828, when the 3rd infantry corps were located in the winter apartments in Moldova and Wallachia , Rogovsky was with him and for 2 months he was shooting a part of Moldova adjacent to the Austrian border. For participation in hostilities against the Turks Rogovsky received the Order of St. Anna of the 3rd degree with a bow and was promoted to headquarters captains .

During the second part of the Turkish War, 1829, Rogovsky was under siege of the Silistra fortress, then participated in the movement of the main forces of the army from Silistra to Shumla, distinguished himself in the battle of Kulevchi, during the defeat of the troops of the High Vizier, and was awarded the Order of St. 4th degree Vladimir with a bow. After this battle, the Russian army moved through the Balkans to Adrianople , and Rogovsky went with it, taking part in heavy crossings through the Balkans and during the occupation, after stubborn resistance, of the cities of Messemvria , Ahiolo , Slivna and Adrianopol.

During the stay of Russian troops in Adrianople, Rogovsky was sent from there, through Philippopol , Tatar-Bazardzhik and Sofia , to the Vidin fortress, upon returning from where he was sent to Constantinople . The result of these trips were detailed military topographic route descriptions presented to him and surveys of all the paths traveled, for which he was awarded a diamond ring and a gold sword with the inscription "For Courage" .

At the end of the war and upon the return of the army to Russia , Rogovsky was sent to compile a description of state-owned empty lands and to develop a common project on the deployment of immigrants from Bulgaria and Rumelia in the Tauride province . In 1831, Rogovsky presented this project for the highest consideration.

Before Rogovsky had returned to Odessa , he was sent to the detachment of General Ridiger , who was appointed to Poland to crush the uprising . During this campaign, he took part in the defeat of Dvernitsky’s corps and exiled him to Austrian possessions and was sent to Lemberg three times with secret assignments, and then was sent to the main apartment, where, under the rank of Adjutant General Prince Gorchakov , he took part in offensive the actions of the main forces and distinguished himself in the general battle of Ostroleka . During this battle, at the beginning of the case, a horse was killed near Rogovsky and he was shell-shocked in his hand when, at the head of the forward column, he moved to take possession of the bridge and the city; for the difference in this matter, he was promoted to captain.

Returning to the detachment of Adjutant General Ridiger, Rogovsky forcedly marched with this detachment from the Zamostya fortress to Lublin , wade across the Veprz river and participated in the battle, near the village of Budzisko, with the troops of Romarino and Yankovsky , and also pursued the rebels who were under Nachal’s . From Lublin, with the same detachment, he moved to join the detachment of Lieutenant General E. A. Golovin , crossed the Vistula River and, at the town of Hranice, participated in the battle with the Polish troops of Kalinovsky, where, in the ranks of the Kinburn Dragoon Regiment, he went on the attack three times and captured one enemy weapon with the dragoons.

After the destruction of Rozhitsky’s corps, Rogovsky went to the main apartment for the second time and, arriving there, took part in the battles near Warsaw , after taking which he participated in the persecution of the Polish army in Galicia and was sent to parliament several times before Krakow’s occupation.

For differences against the Poles, Rogovsky was awarded the orders of St. Stanislav 3rd degree with swords and st. Anne of the 2nd degree with the imperial crown and swords.

At the end of the war, Rogovsky was appointed (June 20, 1832) the division quartermaster of the 11th Infantry Division and, having served in this position in various units, was promoted to colonel in 1839, and in 1841 he was appointed Chief Quartermaster 1- th reserve cavalry corps, and in 1843 - the headquarters of the Inspector of the reserve cavalry. On December 5, 1841, Rogovsky was awarded the Order of St. for the immaculate length of service of 25 years in officer ranks. George 4th degree (No. 6432 according to the list of Grigorovich - Stepanov).

On April 3, 1849, he was promoted to major general , and in 1850 he was awarded the Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree and appointed to be at the disposal of the Minister of War at the Department of the General Staff. He stayed here until June 1852, when he was appointed commander of the 1st Training Brigade of the military cantonists and director of the Audit School of the War Ministry, with enrollment in the army infantry.

In 1858, Rogovsky was again transferred to the General Staff with the appointment of the Minister of War and the Quartermaster General of the General Staff, and in 1859 he was appointed chairman of the special Commission to review and verify estimates of the troops ’zemstvo duties and was promoted to lieutenant general in September .

In the same year, Rogovsky was appointed director of military schools. Rogovsky’s tenure in this position coincided with the reorganization of the military educational unit, when the management of military schools was renamed the Main Directorate. After that, Rogovsky was appointed January 21, 1863 a member of the Military Council and an inspector of military schools.

On January 29, 1872, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the service in officer ranks, Rogovsky was promoted to general of the Infantry and left at the General Staff.

Rogovsky died on February 13, 1881 in St. Petersburg ; buried at the Kazan cemetery in Tsarskoye Selo .