Gilchevsky, Konstantin Lukich

Konstantin Lukich Gilchevsky
Konstantin Lukich Gilchevsky
	; Major General Konstantin Lukich Gilchevsky with award St. George's weapons. 1916
Date of Birth
Date of death
Affiliation	Russia
Type of army	infantry
Years of service	1872 -?
Rank
Commanded	83rd Infantry Division of the 31st Army Corps,; 101st Infantry Division of the 32nd Army Corps,; 11th Army Corps
Battles / wars	The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878; World War I

Konstantin Lukich Gilchevsky ( March 5, 1857 - after 1927 ) - Russian lieutenant general, participant in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. and the first world war .

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Biography

Son of a soldier of long service. Educated at the Alexandropol County School. He entered the service on March 11, 1872 as a volunteer.

Member of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-78 . For the difference in the capture of Kars, he was promoted to ensign (04/25/1878).

He passed the officer exam at the Tiflis Infantry Junker School. Second Lieutenant (May 15, 1882). He served in the Engineering Department of the current building on the Caucasian-Turkish border and the Caucasian Field Engineering Park. Lieutenant (April 5, 1887). In 1890 he graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in the 1st category. Headquarters Captain (May 13, 1890). Consisted of the Caucasus Military District . I.d. Senior Adjutant of the Headquarters of the 1st Caucasian Cossack Division (September 22 - November 26, 1890). Senior adjutant of the headquarters of the 2nd Caucasian Cossack Division (November 26, 1890 - October 23, 1893). Captain (April 5, 1892). Ober-officer for assignments at the headquarters of the Caucasian Military District (October 23, 1893 - October 9, 1896). Since June 14, 1896, the head of the mobilization department of the headquarters of the Caucasian Military District. Lieutenant Colonel (December 6, 1896). Headquarters officer for assignments at the headquarters of the Caucasian Military District (October 9, 1896 - April 10, 1899). Senior Adjutant of the Headquarters of the Caucasian Military District (April 10, 1899 - November 28, 1900). The censored command of the battalion served in the 16th Grenadier Mingrel Regiment (May 5 - September 18, 1900). Headquarters officer in command of the 63rd Infantry Reserve Brigade (November 28, 1900 - June 1, 1904). Colonel (1900). He was seconded to the cavalry (July 16 - August 6, 1903). Commander of the 270th Kupyansky Infantry Regiment (June 1, 1904 - June 14, 1905).

Revolution of 1905-1907 in Russia

Commander of the 16th Grenadier Mingrel Regiment (June 14, 1905 - March 19, 1908). In 1905, during the first Russian revolution, he refused to speak on a punitive expedition to the Kutaisi province . This greatly hindered his further career advancement. Major General (1908). Commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 21st Infantry Division (March 19 - September 3, 1908). Commander of the 1st Brigade of the 39th Infantry Division (September 3, 1908 - April 3, 1913). Commander of the 1st Brigade of the Caucasian Grenadier Division (from April 3, 1913).

World War I

In the summer of 1916, during the famous Brusilovsky breakthrough, the division of General Gilchevsky (in the foreground in light boots) captured huge trophies

During the mobilization on July 19, 1914 he was appointed commander of the 83rd Infantry Division , which became part of the 31st Army Corps . He was expelled from command of the division for the pogrom organized by its units in the Polish city of Ulyanow (at that time it was occupied by Austro-German troops).

His division was very successful in the battles, but during the occupation of the Austrian city of Ulanuva, in which the Cossacks began the pogrom , continued this pogrom and burned the city clean. This unfortunate episode led to the expulsion of the author from the command of the division. Deputy Gilchevsky, the brilliant editor of Russian Invalid , General Belyaev , had already arrived at the headquarters. But at that moment the 83rd division was entrusted with a desperate task - to make a demonstrative crossing through the Vistula , in order to facilitate its serious crossing north, in the region of Ivangorod . Belyaev decided to refrain from taking the division for the duration of this unpleasant task. I remember how surprised they were at the headquarters when they received a telegram that the 83rd division, without pontoons, without heavy artillery, crossed the Vistula, shot down the Austrians and stayed on the opposite bank. ^[one]

November 9, 1914 transferred to the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Kiev military district . Since March 25, 1915 - Head of the 1st Division of the State Militia. July 3, 1915 was appointed commander of the 101st Infantry Division of the 32nd Army Corps . He was awarded the St. George's Arms (May 15, 1916). He distinguished himself in the capture of Dubno and Peremil , in the battles of Brody . During the battles of May 22 - June 4, 1916, during the offensive of the Southwestern Front , where under his brilliant leadership the division captured about 15 thousand people, he was awarded the Order of St. George of the 4th degree (October 21, 1916). Lieutenant General (July 12, 1916). After the February Revolution , when a large number of senior posts were vacated, on April 6, 1917 he took command of the 11th Army Corps , which, however, surrendered to Lieutenant General Aleksei Evgenievich Gutor in just a few days. ^[2]

After the collapse of the front, he returned to Tiflis with his family. After the Sovietization of Georgia in 1921-22 he served in the Red Army .

Family

He was married, had a daughter.

Memory

In the novel S.N. Sergeev-Tsensky “Hot Summer”, Lieutenant General Konstantin Lukich Gilchevsky is one of the main good characters.

Compositions

Gilchevsky K. L. Combat operations of secondary divisions in World War II. M .; L .: State publishing house department of military literature, 1928

Rewards

Order of St. Stanislav 3rd degree (1895)
Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree (1898)
Order of St. Vladimir 4th degree with a bow for 25 years of service (1904)
Order of St. Stanislav 2nd degree (1905)
Order of St. Vladimir 3rd degree (1911)
Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree with swords (1915)
Order of St. George 4th degree (1916)
St. George's Weapon (1916)

Notes

↑ A. Svechin Preface to the book of K. Gilchevsky. Combat operations of secondary divisions in the World War, 1928
↑ 11th Army Corps

Literature

Gilchevsky K. L. Combat operations of secondary divisions in World War II. M .; L .: State publishing house department of military literature, 1928
Zalessky K. A. Who was who in the First World War. - M .: AST ; Astrel, 2003 .-- 896 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-17-019670-9 (ACT); ISBN 5-271-06895-1 (Astrel).
Lushnov V.I. Junker St. George. Tiflis Military School (11/16/1866 - 02/25/1921). - LLC Booker. - Khabarovsk, 2017 .-- 448 p. - ISBN 978-5903662-17-3
Sergeev-Tsensky S.N. Transfiguration of Russia. The epic. - M .: True. 1989, 768 p.
Evgeny Zhirnov “I didn’t want to command robbers and kill robbers” Kommersant Vlast , No. 22 (926), 06/06/2011
Gilchevsky, Konstantin Lukich (neopr.) . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".

Links

[1] A. Svechin Preface to the book of K. Gilchevsky. Combat operations of secondary divisions in the World War, 1928

[2] 11th Army Corps