Alexander Petrovich Burago (1846–1883) - Colonel of the Russian Imperial Army, hero of the Russian-Turkish War of 1877–78 .
| Alexander Petrovich Burago | |
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 Bust of A.P. Burago in the city garden of Plovdiv | |
| Date of Birth | March 4 (16), 1846 |
| Place of Birth | Kharkiv |
| Date of death | |
| A place of death | |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire |
| Type of army | cavalry |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commanded | 2nd squadron of the Life Guards Dragoon Regiment |
| Battles / wars | The liberation of Plovdiv during the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878 |
| Awards and prizes |  |
Honorary Citizen of Plovdiv [1] .
Biography
Alexander Petrovich Burago was born on March 4 ( 16 ), 1846 in Kharkov [2] .
During the Russo-Turkish War, he distinguished himself in the battle of Plovdiv : performing the reconnaissance mission set by General Gurko , captain Burago entered the city of Plovdiv with a combined squadron of 63 life dragoons in the late night of January 3 (15), 1878 . There he discovered that the Turks were already leaving the city and partly heading east along the railway, partly to Stanimaku . Burago with a squadron moved to the station and overtook the retreating enemy groups, opened fire on them. More than a thousand Nizams and Circassians Suleiman Pasha fled, leaving all Turkish correspondence, a telegraph apparatus, two guns and a lot of ammunition. Life-dragoons captured 56 prisoners.
At 0:45 on January 4 (16), 1878, Burago reported to General Gurko that Plovdiv had been cleared of the Turks. For these actions, on February 27 ( March 11 ), 1878 the captain of the Life Guards of the Dragoon Regiment was awarded the Order of St. George IV class [3] :
| In retribution for the distinction shown in the battle of Philippopolis, January 3, 1878, where, with a hunter squadron, crossing the ford across the Maritsa River, he moved into the city, while still being occupied by the Turkish Division, and entered into a shootout with almost 25 times the strongest the enemy. |
Now on the 10th kilometer of the way from Plovdiv to Pazardzhik stands a monument to the liberators of Plovdiv - a squadron of 63 life-dragoons under the command of captain Burago.
Died of tuberculosis on the island of Madeira . He was buried at the Tikhvin cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Plovdiv community. Solutions (Bulgarian)
- ↑ 1 2 Petersburg necropolis. T. 1: AG. / Ed. led. Prince Nikolai Mikhailovich. - SPb. : type of. M.M. Stasyulevich, 1912 .-- S. 319.
- ↑ Cavaliers of the Order of St. George 4 classes for military distinctions
Sources
- Belyaev N.I. The Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878 - Moscow: Military publishing house Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1956
- Genov Ts. The Last Battles // Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878. and the feat of the liberators. - Sofia: Sofia Press, 1979