Evgraf Vladimirovich Spitsberg ( December 9, 1843 - between 1913 and 1917) - Russian cavalry general, participant in the Turkestan campaigns.
| Evgraf Vladimirovich Spitsberg | |
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 Staff Captain E.V. Spitsberg. Photograph of 1872. | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Date of death | |
| Affiliation |  Russia |
| Type of army | cavalry, Cossack troops |
| Years of service | 1861-1909 |
| Rank | cavalry general |
| Commanded | 5th combined Orenburg-Ural Cossack regiment, Orenburg 1st Cossack regiment , 1st Turkestan Cossack brigade, 1st Turkestan Cossack division, 7th army corps |
| Battles / wars | Polish campaign of 1863-1864 , Turkestan campaigns |
| Awards and prizes | Order of St. Anne 4th Art. (1864), Golden weapon “For courage” (1867), Order of St. Stanislav 3rd art. (1869), Order of St. Stanislav , 2nd art. (1869), Order of St. Vladimir , 4th art. (1869), Order of St. Anne , 2nd art. (1870), Order of St. Vladimir , 3rd art. (1883), Order of St. Stanislav 1st Art. (1897), Order of St. Anne , 1st art. (1899), Order of St. Vladimir , 2nd art. (1903), Order of the White Eagle (1906). |
Biography
Born on December 9, 1843, came from the nobility of the Kiev province , the son of a college adviser Vladimir Egorovich Spitsberg. He was educated at the 2nd Kiev Classical Gymnasium and the 2nd Konstantinovsky Military School.
He entered the service on September 6, 1861 in the Mariupol Hussar Regiment, and on January 12, 1863 he was promoted to cornet . In the ranks of the Mariupol regiment took part in the suppression of the Polish uprising of 1863-1864 and in 1864 was awarded the Order of St. Anne of the 4th degree; January 31, 1865 promoted to lieutenant .
At the end of 1865, Spitsberg was transferred to Turkestan with the appointment of the Siberian Cossack Army in the cavalry artillery brigade. On October 18, 1866, Spitsberg took part in the assault on Jizzakh and was wounded by a bullet in the elbow of his left hand. On December 22, 1867, Svalbard was awarded a golden saber with the inscription "For Courage" for his distinction in Turkestan campaigns .
On January 13, 1869 he was promoted to headquarters captain and in the same year he was awarded the orders of St. for distinctions in campaigns against the Bukhara and Kokand khanates . Stanislav 3rd degree with swords and bow, St. Stanislav 2nd degree with the imperial crown and swords and St. 4th degree Vladimir with swords and bow.
On April 10, 1870, Spitsberg was appointed head of the office of the head of the Zarafshan district, and in the campaign of the same year against the Shakhrisyabz Beks, Spitsberg earned the Order of St. 2nd degree Anna with swords. On January 3, 1871, he was appointed manager of the Upland (Under Pamir ) Tyumen, and on September 25, 1872 he was promoted to captain.
On January 9, 1874, Spitsberg headed the Samarkand department of the Turkestan Governor General , which held his post until June 18, 1877. During the Kokand campaign of 1875-1876, he served as chief of staff of the Ferghana detachment and commandant of Panjakent ; November 25, 1875 for the difference was promoted to lieutenant colonel .
On June 18, 1877, Spitsberg was appointed commander of the 5th combined Orenburg-Ural regiment, and on reforming the Turkestan combined regiments on September 20, 1879 he headed the Orenburg Cossack No. 4 regiment, which was renamed Orenburg Cossack No. 1 regiment on July 13, 1882. October 30, 1879 he was promoted to colonel ; in 1883 he was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir 3rd degree.
At the end of the Turkestan campaigns, Spitsberg, together with the regiment headed by him, was relocated to Kharkov and on November 14, 1894 received the rank of Major General . Spitsberg commanded the 1st Orenburg Cossack Regiment until October 23, 1896, when he was appointed head of the 1st Turkestan Cossack Brigade; in 1897 he was awarded the Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree and in 1899 - the Order of St. Anna of the 1st degree.
On September 14, 1900, he was given command of the 1st Turkestan Cossack Division and on December 6 of the same year he was promoted to lieutenant general , in 1903 he was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir of the 2nd degree and in 1906 - the Order of the White Eagle . From July 5, 1906, Spitsberg was the commander of the 7th Army Corps .
In 1909, Spitsberg was promoted to general from the cavalry and retired. The date of death has not been set, it is known that at the beginning of 1913 he lived in St. Petersburg , and his wife, Olga Ivanovna, was already recorded as a widow in the address book for St. Petersburg in 1917. Children:
- Spitsberg Boris Evgrafovich (06.16.1888-?) - from art. Loose 1st VO OKV, son of the gene. from cav. Podesaul (from 04/28/1916 from the station from 08/14/1915). Spouse daughter lift. OKV Maria Pavlovna Balandina.
- Spitsberg Vladimir Evgrafovich (08/10/1871-17/08/1914) - from Art. Loose. 1st VO OKV, son of the gene. from cav. Yesaul. (From 24.10.1913 from the article from 09.09.1903) REV, bastard. to the 2 Verkhneudinsky KP ZabKV, in 3 OKP (1910-1914). Killed in battle on 08/17/1914 at the crossing of Podrodzie.
- Spitsberg George Evgrafovich (02.26.1873-05.04.1919) - from offspring. nobles Kiev, gubern., son of a gene. from cav. Lieutenant Colonel (from 05.10.1915). The beginning Iletskaya Defense since 06/25/1918 Killed in a battle with the Reds near Kustanai. The wife is the daughter of a nobleman, Elena Stanislavovna Novitskaya (married no earlier than 1909).
- Svalbard Leonid Evgrafovich (01/26/1876 - 09/29/1905) - from Art. Loose 1st VO OKV, son of the gene. from cav. He died in the infectious diseases hospital in Harbin.
His brother Rostislav Vladimirovich was a lieutenant general and member of the Artillery Committee, his nephew Eugene was a military pilot and died in the First World War .
Literature
- Volkov S.V. Generality of the Russian Empire. Encyclopedic dictionary of generals and admirals from Peter I to Nicholas II. Volume II L — I. M., 2009
- Ganin A., Levchenko A., Semenov V. History of the 1st Orenburg Cossack Regiment. Kharkov, 2007
- Ismailov E.E. Golden weapon with the inscription "For courage." Lists of gentlemen 1788-1913. M., 2007
- List to the generals by seniority . Done on September 1, 1896. SPb., 1896
- Terentyev M. A. History of the conquest of Central Asia. T. 1, 2. St. Petersburg, 1903