Timanovsky, Nikolai Stepanovich

Youth

Nikolai Stepanovich was born on August 16 ( 28 ), 1885 ^[1] . He graduated from 6 classes of the Second St. Petersburg Gymnasium . He volunteered for the front of the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria , where he was badly wounded near Mukden , because of which he began to limp and walk with his wand. Twice was awarded the Insignia of the Military Order of St. George . In 1906, Timanovsky received the rank of ensign officer after passing the exams. He was awarded the Order of St. Anne of the 4th degree "For Courage".

World War I

Since 1914, Nikolai Stepanovich - a participant in the First World War as part of the 13th Infantry Regiment of the 4th ("Iron") Infantry Brigade of General Denikin .

For the valor shown in the battles, Timanovsky received the Order of St. George of the 4th degree (01/13/1915) and St. George's Arms (10/11/1915). Member of the Lutsk breakthrough in 1916.

At my observation post there is a lot of excitement - a lot of “guests”, front artillery inspector, gene. Delvig, some of the front and army headquarters, foreign military agents - evidence of special trust in the Iron Division ... The picture is unforgettable! ... Suddenly far ahead of the front page there were rare chains of our riflemen - such, it seemed, lonely and lost ... Under the strong fire of Austrian artillery walked to the second lane; led by their lieutenant colonel of the 13th regiment Timanovsky - one of the bravest iron riflemen, the famous "Stepanych", later - the head of the Markov division. He walked openly, leaning on a stick - he always went on the attack without weapons - slowly, stopping, beckoning someone with his hand. The appearance of this battalion made a great impression on the "guests" of the observation post; they poured onto an open hill to see better, and the most expansive of them, the Italian military agent, Lt. Col. Marsengo, clapping his hands, tearing his chest, shouted: “Bravo, bravo! ...

- Denikin A.I. The Iron Division in the Lutsk Breakthrough.

February Revolution

In 1917, for military distinctions, Timanovsky was promoted to colonel , and he was appointed commander of the St. George Battalion, formed at the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander in Mogilev . In February 1917, a battalion under the command of Nicholas Stepanovich was sent to suppress riots in Petrograd as part of the expedition of General Ivanov .

Civil War

• In the Volunteer Army, Timanovsky from December 1917, where he became the company commander, and from February 12, 1918 - the assistant commander of the "officer" of the future Markovsky regiment .
• January 7, 1918 was one of the best men at the wedding of General Anton Ivanovich Denikin and Ksenia Vasilievna Denikina (nee Chizh).
• Since March 1918 - Chief of Staff of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Volunteer Army.
• From May 27, 1918 - the commander of the officer, later - the 1st officer infantry general Markov regiment .
• October 11, 1918 was promoted to major general , commander of the 1st brigade of the 1st infantry division .
• November 19, 1918 - wounded in battles in the Stavropol province.
• In early 1919, Denikin sent Timanovsky to Odessa to take command of a detachment of volunteers formed on the spot by General Grishin-Almazov .

• March 1919 - Timanovsky announces the mobilization of officers (despite the prohibition of the French occupation authorities) and forms a six-thousandth separate Odessa Rifle Brigade , which the Allied Command instructs to hold defense against the advancing Bolsheviks from the Black Sea coast in the Ochakov area to the Odessa- Nikolaev railway line. The Timanovsky brigade staunchly repelled the attacks of the Bolshevik forces, while the parts of the allies located north of it, decomposed by Bolshevik propaganda and tired after the Great War , retreated at the slightest onslaught of the Reds ^[2] .

• On March 20, 1919, the General Timanovsky brigade was denied loading onto ships due to the sudden evacuation from Odessa by the French commander General d'Anselm, so the brigade moved to Bessarabia , which at that time was occupied by Romanian troops.

The French commander, General Berthelot , while in Tulce , ordered the Romanian forces to disarm the brigade, to which General Timanovsky threatened to open fire. Forced to abandon all heavy weapons, armored cars and artillery, the brigade plunged into the Bugaz station and arrived in Novorossiysk on the 20th of April.

Before sailing, General Timanovsky sent a letter to General d'Anselm , in which he, in particular, wrote:

Fulfilling all your orders on the orders of General Denikin, I could never assume those undeserved insults and humiliations that fell on me and on units subordinate to me. Is it really only because the Volunteer Army alone remained faithful to the allies? ...

• June 2, 1919 - Timanovsky receives in Kupyansk from General Kolosovsky the 1st Infantry Division of the Volunteer Army .

After its division in Orel into the Kornilov and Markov divisions, on November 10 he was appointed chief of the Officer General Markov's division.

He got typhoid. For a long time I did not want to succumb to the disease, no one could persuade him to evacuate. He did not recognize the treatment and he was “treated” himself - he drank alcohol and ate snow. Such a treatment, even his heart could not stand it.

- Vsevolod Bogengardt. "General Timanovsky" // Bulletin of the pioneer. No. 21. June 1968.

Timanovsky died of typhus on December 18, 1919 in Rostov-on-Don and was buried in the tomb of Catherine’s Cathedral in Yekaterinodar .

• St. George Cross 4th degree (1904)
• St George Cross 3rd degree (1904)
• Order of St. Anne of the 4th degree “For Bravery” (VP 19.04.1906)
• Order of St. Stanislav of the 3rd degree with swords and bow (VP 21.01.1907)
• Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree (VP 5.03.1913)
• Order of St. George 4th degree (VP 13.01.1915)
• Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with swords and bow (VP 11.02.1915)
• St. George's Arms (VP 10.11.1915)
• British War Cross (1919)

• Timanovsky Nikolai Stepanovich
• Vsevolod Bogengardt. General Timanovsky // Bulletin of the pioneer. No. 21. June 1968. Publication of the California Society of Participants of the 1st Kuban General Kornilov’s campaign.
• Timanovsky, Nikolai Stepanovich (neopr.) . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".