Gulidov, Vladimir Platonovich

Early years

Vladimir Gulidov was born on October 19 ( 31 ), 1876 in Odessa to a bourgeois family, born in the Kherson province . Besides him, there were three other children in the family: the sisters Lyubov and Nadezhda, as well as the younger brother Nikolai. In his youth, Vladimir managed to visit the cabin boy on the ship "Tsaritsyn" and learn to draw "well". He received his secondary education in the Odessa Six -School City School , after which on July 7, 1894 he entered as a private in the 16th Infantry Regiment of His Majesty (as a freely determined second class) ^{[1] [2]} .

A little more than a year later, in August 1895, Gulidov was promoted to non-commissioned officer , and in September he was sent to the Odessa Infantry Cadet School . On May 8, 1897, he was transferred to the 55th Podolsky Infantry Regiment , stationed in Bendery , and on September 14, at the end of the “science course” in the school, was renamed into ensigns . By the highest order of January 22, 1898, Vladimir Platonovich was promoted to second lieutenant ( with seniority on September 1, 1897) ^[1] .

On the border of two centuries, on May 19, 1900, Gulidov was transferred to service in Vladivostok - to the seventh company of the 2nd Vladivostok serf infantry regiment. Here he took part in the suppression of the Boxer Uprising : he was awarded a light-bronze medal "For the campaign in China" in the years 1900-1901. In the regiment, Vladimir Platonovich held a number of administrative positions: he was a member of the commission for receiving quartermaster cargoes, was a captain armus , adjutant of the battalion and head of the regimental hospital section, and also headed the regimental workshop. On August 30, 1902, he became a lieutenant (with seniority on September 1, 1901) ^[1] .

Russo-Japanese War and the 1905 Revolution

On October 30 ( November 12 ), 1903 , the 2nd Vladivostok Fortress Infantry Regiment was renamed the 30th East Siberian Rifle and became part of the 8th East Siberian Rifle Division. During the Russo-Japanese War, Gulidov was in the vicinity of Vladivostok, "was not in campaigns and deeds against the enemy" - during the war years, the divisional arm rebuilt the old fortress of Vladivostok "into the modern stronghold" ^{[1] [2]} .

On January 1, 1905, Gulidov was appointed regimental treasurer , and on December 11, he was awarded the Order of St. Stanislav of the 3rd degree. September 15 of the same year, Vladimir Platonovich became the captain . Since the city of Vladivostok was located in the front line, Gulidov received a light bronze medal "In memory of the Russian-Japanese war . " Since the beginning of August, he received under his command the fifth company of his regiment ^[1] .

During the Revolution of 1905, Gulidov's regiment was divided: part of its units participated in the suppression of the uprisings in Vladivostok in 1905-1906 , and some joined the rebels. In the summer of 1906, Gulidov’s division was relocated to the Yenisei province : the 30th and 31st regiments were in Krasnoyarsk . In 1909, Vladimir Gulidov received the Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree, as well as the "ordinary prize for competitive shooting from a revolver." In August 1910, the division and its regiments were renamed again - they became simply Siberian, retaining the old numbering ^[1] .

World War I

With the beginning of the First World War, the 8th Siberian Rifle Division was part of the III Siberian Army Corps and was sent to the front, in the area Osovets - Grajewo. Already in mid-September, the corps was ordered to go on the offensive and seize the city of Augustow . Soon the Gulidov family received a telegram about the injury of Vladimir Platonovich by shrapnel in the leg ^{[1] [3]} .

In 1915, Gulidov’s relatives, who had become a lieutenant colonel by that time ^[4] , received a wound telegram again - this time he was wounded under Baranavichy through a chest bullet ^[5] . As for the first time, on treatment, Vladimir Platonovich ended up in the factory of the manufacturer Hutareva on Moscow Zubovsky Boulevard . The highest order of June 10 ( 23 ), 1915 , V. P. Gulidov, was awarded the St. George’s Weapon , on 2 August, he became a colonel ^[6] , and a year later, in November 1916, he received the post of commander of the 59th Siberian Rifle Regiment. Already after the February , and literally on the eve of the October Revolution - in October 1917 - Gulidov became the commander of the brigade as part of the 15th Siberian Rifle Division. But soon he was dismissed by demobilization by the Soviet government ^[1] .

Civil War

In the spring of 1918, Colonel Gulidov, who returned home in March ^[7] , led the anti-Bolshevik underground in Krasnoyarsk: there were up to 800 people in the organization, half of whom had military experience ^{[8] [9]} . On June 18, the underground workers took control of the city, and Gulidov himself became the head of the Krasnoyarsk garrison and, simultaneously, the commander of the troops of the Yenisei district. Soon Gulidov was ordered to assume the post of chief of the 1st Yenisei Siberian Rifle Division (was not formed) ^{[1] [2]} .

July 16, 1918 Vladimir Gulidov received the post of chief of the 2nd Steppe Siberian rifle division as part of the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Steppe Siberian regiments; On August 26, the division was renamed the 5th Siberian. Together with the Partisan Division of Colonel Boris Annenkov , the 5th Division was part of the Second Separate Steppe Siberian Corps . The corps was part of the Southern group of the Semirechensk army under the command of General Nikolai Shcherbakov ) - he participated in the destruction of Cherkasy defense and in battles with the troops of the Semirechensk front of the Bolsheviks. From September to October, Gulidov also served as the head of the garrison of Semipalatinsk . By order of Admiral Kolchak of March 28, 1919 (according to other sources, May 4 ^[8] ), Colonel Gulidov "for differences in cases against the enemy" received the rank of major general ^{[1] [2] [10]} .

Arrest and execution

On December 16, 1919, at the villages of Novoselovo and Trifonovo, the red partisans of Pyotr Shchetinkin defeated the 3rd Siberian White Infantry Brigade covering Krasnoyarsk from the south. On the same days Kolchak himself arrived in the city: he appointed Gulidov as commander of the Minusinsk front. But already on January 5, 1920, Gulidov surrendered to parts of the Red Army in Krasnoyarsk (according to other sources — was captured ^[2] ): on January 16 he was arrested — Vladimir Platonovich was accused in the first category (as a general of a military unit operating on the front) ^[1] .

On May 28, 1920, the military field tribunal under the Revolutionary Military Council of the 5th Army sentenced Gulidov to execution: in his case there is a certificate dated May 30 regarding the enforcement of the sentence. After the execution of the general, his awards were sold by his wife at auction. October 15, 1998, the prosecutor's office of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Vladimir Platonovich Gulidov was officially rehabilitated ^{[1] [2]} . In the literature there is a version about the death of General Gulidov when he crossed the Chinese border in May 1920 ^[11] .

• Order of St. Stanislav 3rd degree (VP 11.12.1905)
• Order of St. Anne 3rd Class (1909)
• Order of St. Stanislav 2nd degree (1912)
• Georgievsk weapon (VP 10.06.1915)
• Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with swords and bow (VP 03/29/1916)
• Order of St. Anne 2 nd degree with swords (VP ​​25.10.1916)
• swords to the Order of St. Stanislav 2nd degree (PAF 03/31/1917)
• Order of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree with swords (PAF 10.23.1917)

In Vladivostok, Vladimir Gulidov met his future wife - the daughter of Moscow collegiate assessor Antonina Pavlovna Konstantinova (d. June 12, 1922) - in those years, the former sister of mercy . It is known about his wife's relatives that her brother, Alexander, was a Cossack officer in Krasnoyarsk, another — Yevgeny — a monk, and the third brother — Pavel — a staff officer. In addition, Antonina Pavlovna's sister Elizaveta lived in Orekhovo-Streshnevo ^{[1] [12]} .

In Krasnoyarsk, Antonina Pavlovna taught music and three European languages ​​at local gymnasiums: English , French and German . In 1904, the son of the Gulidovs had a son Vladimir (died 1907). In September 1906, the couple had a daughter, Vera (died November 13, 2000). The grandson of the general - the son of Vera Vladimirovna - Sergey Gulidov (Ostroumov) is a professional journalist, publicist , author of two plays about Admiral Kolchak: “Admiral's Star” (1998) and “KOLCHAK” (2005) ^[1] .

Books

• Volkov S.V. White movement. Encyclopedia of civil war. - SPb. : “Neva”, 2002. - 671 p. - ISBN 5-7654-1810-4 .
• Klepov M. Yu. Officers - George Knight of the First World War. - M .: Last, 2015. - 790 p. - 1000 copies - ISBN 978-5-905-901-18-8 .
• Shabanov V.M. Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and George the Victorious. Nominal lists 1769-1920. (Bibliographical reference) . - M .: Russian World, 2004. - 922 p. - 3000 copies - ISBN 5-89577-059-2 .
• Volkov S.V. Tragedy of the Russian officers. - M .: Tsentrpoligraf , 2001. - 508 p. - (Russia forgotten and unknown). - ISBN 5-227-01562-7 .
• Klaving V.V. The Civil War in Russia: The White Armies. - M .: AST , Terra Fantastica, 2003. - 640 p. - (Military history library). - ISBN 5-227-01562-7 .
• Vladimir Platonovich Gulidov // White Generals of the Eastern Front of the Civil War: Biographical Reference / E. V. Volkov , N. D. Egorov, I. V. Kuptsov. - M .: Russian way , 2003. - 239 p. - ISBN 5-85887-169-0 .
• Novikov P.A. The Civil War in Eastern Siberia. - M .: Tsentrpoligraf , 2005. - 457 p. - (Russia forgotten and unknown). - ISBN 5-9524-1400-1 .

Articles and Orders

• Vladimir Platonovich Gulidov // Georgievskie Chevaliers of the Great War / Federal Archival Agency . - 2014. - № 1085 .
• Novikov P.A. Gulidov Vladimir Platonovich (biographical sketch) // Chronos Project. - 2007. - July.
• Highest Orders: Produced by infantry from captains to lieutenant colonels // Scout : magazine / Ed.-Publisher V. A. Berezovsky . - SPb. : Type of. Trenke and Fyusno, 1915. - February 24 ( No. 1268 ). - p . 67 .
• Wounded // Scout : magazine / Ed.-Publisher V. A. Berezovsky . - SPb. : Type of. Trenke and Fyusno, 1914. - October 14 ( No. 1250 ). - p . 710-711 .
• Wounded // Scout : magazine / Ed.-Publisher V. A. Berezovsky . - SPb. : Type of. Trenke and Fyusno, 1915. - March 10 ( No. 1270 ). - p . 157 .

Archive sources

• RGVIA . F. 400. Op. 12. D. 26976. L. 745-752.
• RGVIA . F. 408. Op. 1. D. 926. L. 8 vol.
• RGVIA . F. 409. Op. 1. D. 35547, r / s 1142.

• Volkov S.V. Participants of the White movement in Russia (the letter "G") . Database number 2 (rus.) . On the site of the historian S. V. Volkov S. 538 .
• Gulidov Vladimir Platonovich on the website " Social and Historical Club" White Russia " "
• Gulidov Vladimir Platonovich on the website " Hronos: White movement in the faces "