Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mosolov ( 1854 - 1939 ) - Russian military commander, diplomat ; lieutenant general
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| Place of Birth | Ryazan [1] , Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of death | Sofia , Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allegiance |  Russian empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | military man, diplomat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born in Ryazan, baptized on March 5 in the St. Nicholas Church of Ryazan [1] . Entered the service on June 16, 1873. I passed the officer exam in 1875. On February 14, 1875, the cornet of the Life Guard Equestrian Regiment . He participated in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878 . He commanded the convoy of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria (Battenberg) . He graduated from the officer cavalry school . Since 1901, the adjutant .
On December 6, 1902, he was promoted to major general with the appointment of His Imperial Majesty to the retinue [2] .
In 1900–1916 he was in office (he accepted the position in March 1900 from K. N. Rydzewski ) head of the office of the Ministry of the Imperial Court , was in the close circle of Emperor Nicholas II (his immediate superior was the minister of the Imperial Court, Baron (later Earl ) V. B. Fredericks ). He was in charge of court censorship (department of the Ministry of the Court's Office) [3] , that is, he carried out a preliminary censorship of materials in which persons of the imperial family were mentioned.
From December 1908 - Lieutenant General.
At the end of 1916 he was appointed minister-envoy to Romania .
He fought against the Bolsheviks in the South of Russia; In emigration he lived in France , since 1933 - in Bulgaria. He was one of the organizers of the All-Russian Monarchist Congress in Reichengalla ( Bavaria ) in May 1921; Member of the leadership of the Union of United Monarchists, in 1931 headed the group in Antibes .
The author has repeatedly reprinted memoirs "At the Emperor's Court" [4] , which were published since 1934 in Russian émigré periodicals, in particular in the Riga magazine For Vas [5] under the name "At the Court of the Last Russian Emperor". An English-language edition of the book entitled At the Court of the Last Tsar [6] was also published, the content of which is somewhat different from the Russian version.
He was married to the sister of General D. F. Trepov [7] [8] , Elizabeth Feodorovna Trepova (1858-1920). Children: Irina (2.4.1886 —?), Natalya (10/07/1887 —?), Alexander (10.10.1889-1915), Maria (4.10.1891 —?), Dmitry (12.17.1892 —?).
Awards
- Order of St. Anne of the 4th degree (1879)
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd degree with swords and bow (1879)
- Order of St. Anne 3rd degree with swords and bow (1879)
- Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree (1881)
- Order of St. Stanislav 2nd degree (1883)
- Order of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree (1904)
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree (1906)
- Order of St. Anne 1st Class (1910)
- Order of St. Vladimir of the 2nd degree (1913)
Foreign:
- Romanian Order of the Star of the 3rd Degree (1884)
- Serbian Order of the 4th Degree Cross of Takov (1884)
- Montenegrin Order of Prince Daniel I of the 4th degree (1884)
- Turkish Order of Megidiye 3rd Degree (1884)
- Bulgarian Order "Saint Alexander" 5th degree (1884)
- Bulgarian Order for Military Merit, 4th Degree (1884)
- Prussian Order of the Crown 2nd Class (1892) with a star (1902)
- Bukhara Order of Noble Bukhara , 2nd class (1893)
- Netherlands Order of Orange-Nassau , Commander's Cross with Swords (1895)
- Bulgarian Order "Saint Alexander" 3rd class (1896)
- Austrian Order of the Iron Crown 2nd Class (1899)
- Romanian Order of the Star, large cross (1899)
- Turkish Order Osmaniye 2nd degree (1901)
- Persian Order of Leo and Sun 2nd degree (1901)
- Prussian Order of the Red Eagle , 2nd class (1901)
- French Order of the Legion of Honor , Commander of the Cross (1901)
- Montenegrin Order of Prince Daniel I of the 2nd degree with a star (1902)
- Austrian Order of Franz Joseph , Commander's Cross with a Star (1902)
- Bulgarian Order for Military Merit, 1st Class (1902)
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin Order of the Griffin ( German ), large cross (1902)
- Turkish Order of Medgid 1st Class (1903)
- Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure 1st Class (1903)
- Hessian Order of Philip the Magnanimous 1st Class (1903)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 2nd branch: Seventh knee: 12. Alexander Alexandrovich (6) . Mosolovy . History, culture and traditions of the Ryazan region (January 27, 2011). The appeal date is November 2, 2016.
- ↑ List generals by seniority . Compiled on April 15, 1914. - Pg. - 1914, p. 244
- ↑ Gene. A. Mosolov. At the Court of the Emperor . Riga, [1938], p. 118 ( pdf ).
- ↑ The first edition in the form of a book: Gene. A. Mosolov. At the Court of the Emperor . Riga, [1938] (year of publication is not specified).
- ↑ Preface // Gene. A. Mosolov. At the Court of the Emperor . Riga, [1938], p. 1.
- ↑ AA Mossolov. At the Court of the Last Tsar .
- ↑ Count S. Yu. Witte . Memories. The reign of Nicholas II. M. - Pg. , 1923, T. I, p. 286.
- ↑ Gene. A. Mosolov. At the Court of the Emperor . Riga, [1938], p. 119.
Works
- Mosolov A. A. At the court of the emperor . - Riga: Owl, 1938. - 232 p.
Literature
- Mosolov, Alexander Alexandrovich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War."
- Chuvakov V.N. The Unforgettable Graves. - M., 2004. - T. 4. - p. 654.