Count George G. Mengden (1861-1917) - Russian general, commander of the Cavalry Regiment in 1908-1912.
| Georgy Georgievich Mengden | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | October 10 (22) 1861 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | St. Petersburg | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | March 1 (14) 1917 (55 years old) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Luga , Petrograd Province | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | lieutenant general | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Commanded | Cavalry Regiment | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles / Wars | World War I | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Orthodox. The son of Lieutenant-General Count George Fedorovich Mengden (1836-1902). The younger brother Dmitry (1873-1953) is also a knight guard.
At the end of the Corps of Pages in 1881, he was released as a cornet to the Cavalry Regiment . In 1886 he was appointed head of the regimental school of soldiers' children. In 1891-1896 he was a regimental adjutant. July 22, 1897 produced by the captain with the appointment of a wing adjutant . From December 16, 1897 to May 7, 1898, he commanded the 3rd squadron of the regiment.
Ranks: Lieutenant (1885), head captain (1891), captain (1897), colonel (1902), major general (for distinction, 1908), lieutenant general (1916).
On March 20, 1898, he was appointed as the Head of the Courtyard of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich , and on April 18, 1905 - as the Head of the Courtyard of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna . In 1908 he was promoted to major general with enrollment in retinue .
On November 20, 1908, he was appointed commander of the Cavalry Regiment, and on November 4, 1912, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Division , with which he entered the First World War . From October 11, 1914, he was at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the Western Front . December 6, 1916 promoted to lieutenant general.
In 1917 he was observing the Vilna assembly point of cavalry units in Luga . During the February Revolution, he was arrested by soldiers and killed in the guardhouse . He was buried at the Luga city cemetery.
From 1890 he was married to the court lady, Maria Arturovne Kassini (? —1938), the daughter of the diplomat Count A. P. Cassini . He had no children.
Awards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd century. (1892);
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th century (1901);
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd century. (1904);
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree (1912);
- swords to the Order of St. Stanislav 1st Art. (VP 13.10.1914);
- swords to the Order of St. Vladimir 3rd century. (10.1914);
- Order of St. Anne 1st st. (WP 06.12.1915).
Foreign:
- Prussian Order of the Red Eagle 4th Art. (1883);
- Persian Order of Leo and the Sun 4th century. (1889);
- Oldenburg Order of Merit of the Duke Peter-Friedrich-Ludwig , large cross of the Commander (1893);
- Montenegrin Order of Prince Daniel I 4th century. (1894);
- the Austrian Order of the Iron Crown 3rd Class (1895);
- French Order of the Legion of Honor , Cavalier (1897);
- Romanian Order of the Star of Romania 3rd st. (1899);
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin Order of the Griffin 2nd st. (1904);
- the Swedish Order of the Polar Star , 1st Class Commander (1908);
- Bulgarian Order of St. Alexander , 2nd century;
- Order of the Golden Star of Bukhara, 2nd grade;
- Hessian Order of Philip the Generous , commander's cross of 1st class. with a crown (1909);
- Prussian Order of the Red Eagle , 2nd Art. with a star;
- Danish Order of Danebrog 2nd Art. (1910);
- French Order of the Legion of Honor , Commander (1911);
- Prussian Order of the Crown 1st Art. (1912).
Sources
- Collection of biographies of the Cavalier Guardians: 1826-1908. - St. Petersburg, 1908. - p. 329.
- Mengden, Georgiy Georgievich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War."
- Biography on the Russian Imperial Army website