Gorshkov, Georgy Georgievich

He was born on August 11, 1881 in the family of a Ural Cossack officer - Yesaul Georgy Ignatievich Gorshkov.

He graduated from the Orenburg Neplyuyev cadet corps , after which he entered the Nikolaev Engineering School , after which in 1904, with the rank of second lieutenant , he was appointed to the 8th combat engineer battalion.

Participation in the Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War was already underway, and G. G. Gorshkov was transferred in June 1904 to the 21st combat engineer battalion, in which he was appointed head of training in the non-commissioned officer class from January 1905 .

From November 17, 1905 to June 20, 1906, Gorshkov was on a business trip in the city of Kiev , where he was engaged in the preparation and training of engineer recruits for army recruits.

Service Between Wars

October 6, 1906 was promoted to lieutenant . He was the head of training in the 2nd unit of the sapper class of the battalion school. From August to November 1907 he was seconded to the 14th Engineer Battalion, then from November 23, 1907 he studied in the Officer Class of the Training Aeronautical Park . From September 29, 1908 he was assigned to the permanent membership of the Training Aeronautical Park, and from October 24, 1908 he was included in the Brest-Litovsk Fortress Aeronautical Department. Since April 23, 1910 - head of the Gatchina airfield . Since September 1910 - in the permanent staff of the Aeronautical Officer School , in October 1910 he was promoted to the rank of staff captain , in the summer of 1911 he studied flying with Blériot aircraft in France .

In June 1912, Staff Captain G. G. Gorshkov took part in the tests of the Russian RK-1 knapsack parachute (Russian, Kotelnikov, model one), designed by G. E. Kotelnikov .

From November 1912 he was appointed assistant chief of the Aviation Department of the Officer Aeronautical School, and held this position until the outbreak of the First World War.

August 31, 1913 G. G. Gorshkov was awarded the title "Military Pilot."

Participation in World War I

September 1, 1914 promoted to captain .

In World War I he was the commander of the legendary ship " Ilya Muromets ", made 40 sorties.

He did not accept the October Revolution. When the Eastern Front of the First World War finally collapsed, Colonel Gorshkov, by fate, turned out to be one of the leaders of the Petlyura Ukrainian People’s Republic ( UNR ), and then Hetman Ukraine.

But during the Civil War, he did not forget about his long-given oath of allegiance to God, the king and the Fatherland. Gorshkov actively contributed to the secret transfer of various aviation equipment to the white Volunteer Army of General A. I. Denikin, the recruitment of people into it ^[1] .

In 1919, the hetman aircraft commander fled from Ukraine, with the goal of reaching the places of stay of units of the Denikin army. However, he was arrested by the Odessa Cheka and shot in Moscow on August 23, 1919 ^[2] .

• Order of St. Stanislav 3 degrees with swords and bow (1905)
• Dark bronze medal on the St. George and Alexander Ribbon in memory of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 (1906)
• Order of St. Anne 3 degrees (1909)
• Order of St. Stanislav 2 degrees (1910)
• Order of St. Anne 2 degrees (1914)
• Order of St. Vladimir 4 degrees with swords and bow (1915)
• St. George's Weapon (1915)
• Swords for the Order of St. Anne 2 degrees (1915)

The Emperor’s Two Highest Benevolence “for excellently diligent service and labor incurred during hostilities” (1916)

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