Shelting, Vladimir Vladimirovich

From the noblemen of the St. Petersburg province, was born on August 10, 1864 in Odessa. The third child in the family of Captain 1st Rank V.R.Shelting and Wilhelmina Henrietta (nee Baroness Nettelhorst ). The father of Vladimir Vladimirovich, served during this period on commercial vessels in ROPiT .

On October 16, 1878, at the request of his parents, he was enrolled in the Naval College . In service since 1881. He graduated from the Maritime College 46th in academic performance. In 1883 he was promoted to midshipman , and on October 1, 1884 to midshipman, and enlisted in the 6th naval crew.

In 1886 he graduated from the rifle team. In 1886-1890 he graduated from the training courses of the artillery command of the Baltic Fleet . In 1891 he was promoted to lieutenant . In 1892, he was appointed senior artillery officer of the Beaver seagoing gunboat. In 1896 he graduated from the artillery officer class, enrolled in artillery officers of the 1st category.

On the "Beaver" participated in Chinese campaigns . A participant in the assault on the Taku forts . He was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir IV degree with swords and a bow , the French Order of the Legion of Honor of the Knight's Cross and the Japanese Order of the Holy Treasure ^[1] .

In 1901 he was appointed to command the destroyer Skat . In the same year he was transferred to the Zabiyaka cruiser II rank as a senior officer, then commanded this ship until 1903. After, commanded the destroyer " Storm ".

In 1904, promoted to captain of the 2nd rank. During the Russo-Japanese War, commanded the naval gunboat " Beaver ", took office on July 12, 1904. For defense of Port Arthur he was awarded a golden saber with the inscription "For courage . "

On September 3, 1905, he was awarded the Order of St. George IV degree “for the outstanding distinction made during the Japanese attack on the Kinzhouskoy position, when, having received orders to support the right flank of the defending, skillfully and decisively marched with the beaver sailing boat entrusted to him through the Talienwang, to Napa Bay and well-aimed artillery fire, inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, which prevented us from circumventing our right flank ” and the Order of St. Stanislav II degree with swords . In addition, for the difference against the enemy, he was awarded St. Anna of the II degree with swords .

After the end of hostilities transferred to the Black Sea . In 1906 he commanded the mine cruiser Captain Saken , and in 1906-1907 the gunboat Chernomorets .

In 1908 he was transferred to the Baltic. In 1908-1911, he commanded the 6th division of destroyers of the Baltic Sea. March 29, 1909 promoted to captain of the 1st rank . In 1911 he was appointed commander of the Diana armored cruiser, with whom he entered the initial period of the First World War . On December 6, 1914 he was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir of the III degree , to which on April 18 of the following year the swords were granted. In July-August 1915, he served as the head of the Moonsund fortified position and garrisons on the islands of Ezel , Dago , and Moon . Since September, the headquarters officer of the interim operations department under the head of the Baltic Sea Communications Service. Since 1916 - in headquarters posts. Since March at the disposal of the school. In October, he was appointed to head the Baltic Accounting Office. From January 20 to April 12, 1917 he was the head officer of the Provisional Operational Division at the Headquarters of the Baltic Sea Communication Service, then, from April 12, he was again appointed Head of the Baltic Accounting Office.

After the revolution, he remained in Russia. In 1918 he entered the service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Fleet . In 1918-1920 he was the commandant of the Shlisselburg fortress and the chief of the Shlisselburg base. In March 1920, he was dismissed from this position for health reasons, but in April 1921 he was returned to active duty and was appointed commander of the Volkhov rescue ship.

Vladimir Vladimirovich died on September 9, 1921 in Petrograd from pneumonia, and was buried in the Smolensk cemetery in Petrograd.

• Order of St. Vladimir 4 degrees with swords and bow (09/27/1900)
• French Legion of Honor Cavalier Cross (1901)
• Japanese Order of the Holy Treasure 4 degrees (1902)
• Golden saber with the inscription "For courage" (10/11/1904)
• Order of St. George 4 degrees (03.09.1905)
• Order of St. Stanislav 2 degrees with swords (12.12.1905)
• Order of St. Anne 2 degrees with swords (03/19/1907)
• Order of St. Vladimir 3 degrees (12/06/1914)
• Swords for the Order of St. Vladimir 3 degrees (04/18/1915)

Wife Olga Aleksandrovna Sheltinga (Kleverberg), daughter of the Naval Naval Corps of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Kleverberg ^{[2] [3]} .

Children:

• Boris Vladimirovich (October 22, 1888 - after 1918) - Navy lieutenant, in exile after 1918.
• Yuri Vladimirovich (August 1, 1891-1962) - Soviet rear admiral.

Burkin V.V. Rod of Shelting // Russian sailors - heroes of Messina . - M .: “Gangut”, 2009. - 176 p. - ISBN 5-85875-082-6 .

• RGAVMF. F. 406. Op. 9. D.4693. L.49-63

• Woldemar (Vladimir Vladimirovich) von Scheltinga
• Shelting Vladimir Vladimirovich (inaccessible link)