Afinogen Gavriilovich Argunov ( June 22, 1886 , Russian Empire - October 4, 1932 ) - Russian military leader, colonel . Member of the First World War and Civil War. Member of the White movement in the east of Russia. Emigrant .
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| Date of Birth | June 22, 1886 | ||||
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| Date of death | October 4, 1932 (aged 46) | ||||
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| Affiliation |  Russian imperial army → White movement | ||||
| Rank | Colonel  Colonel | ||||
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Education
He graduated from the Yenisei School, as well as the Irkutsk Military School in 1906. He was promoted to lieutenant on June 15, 1908 .
In 1911 he held a test exam at the Academy of the General Staff.
Participation in World War I
Repeatedly distinguished himself on the fields of the World War, for participating in the battles of the war he was awarded a number of orders:
- Order of St. George 4th degree - January 28, 1917;
- Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree with swords and bow;
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd degree;
- Golden St. George’s weapon “For courage” (July 31, 1917) [1]
During the war he was promoted to colonel .
Civil War and the White Movement
He served in the troops of the Eastern Front of the Russian Army, Admiral Kolchak . Since 1919 - Chief of Staff of the 4th Siberian Rifle Division. From March 1920 - Head of the Omsk Rifle Division. In the spring of 1921 he commanded the Siberian Rifle Brigade, in December 1921 he commanded the 2nd White Rebel detachment in the Primorsky Regiment.
Since September 1922, he commanded the West Siberian Rifle Detachment, the former 4th Omsk.
In exile
In Harbin, he worked as a geography teacher. Employee of the newspaper "Time". He presided over the Far Eastern department of the Brotherhood of Russian Truth . He was killed in Harbin in 1932 by N. A. Martynov with improper handling of weapons. He was buried in the Harbin cemetery. In the late 1950s, in connection with the closure of the Harbin cemeteries, his ashes were transferred to the Huangshan cemetery [2]
Notes
Literature
- V. Zh. Tsvetkov. General Diterichs.
Links
- Argunov, Afinogen Gavriilovich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".