Dmitry Petrovich Vertepov ( December 17, 1897 , the village of Prokhladnaya , Terek region - February 28, 1976 , New York ) - officer of the White Army . Vice-Chairman of the Union of Officers of the Russian Corps , editor of the magazine " Our News " (1952-1976).
| Dmitry Petrovich Vertepov | |
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| Date of Birth | December 17, 1897 |
| Place of Birth | Chill |
| Date of death | February 28, 1976 (78 years old) |
| Place of death | New York , USA |
| Allegiance |  Russian empire |
| Occupation | Colonel, Vice-Chairman of the Union of Officers of the Russian Corps , editor of the magazine " Our News " |
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Biography
Born in the family of an officer of the Terek Cossack army . After graduating from the Vladikavkaz Cadet Corps in 1916, he continued his studies at the Nikolaev Cavalry School (1917).
Service and participation in hostilities
He took part in the battles of the First World War in August 1916 as part of the 2nd Consolidated Cossack Division, under the command of General P.N. Krasnov, who was part of the 4th Cavalry Corps of General Gillenshmidt . For differences in the battles, Vertepov was awarded the rank of senior officer.
He served as a corral of the Volga reserve hundreds and the 1st Volga His Imperial Highness heir Tsesarevich regiment of the Tersky Cossack army.
A participant in the Tersky uprising against the Bolsheviks , was the commander of hundreds of art. Cool. Then he joined the “white movement” .
Member of the Civil War . He served in units of the Volunteer Army and Armed Forces of the South of Russia . From January 1919, he was a junior officer of the 2nd Gorsko-Mozdok Regiment, and from September 1919, he became a centurion of the Tersky Guards Hundred.
He was in the ranks of the Russian Army before her evacuation from the Crimea . Since the fall of 1925, as part of the division of the Life Guards of the Kuban and Terek hundreds, he served in the border service of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the rank of sub-priest .
During the Second World War he entered the service in the Russian Security Corps , acting on the side of the Germans. As part of the corps, he participated in actions against the Titov partisans, fought against parts of the Red Army , Romanian and Bulgarian units.
In 1945-1946 he was in the Kellerberg camp ( Austria ).
Emigration
In 1957 he emigrated to the United States , where he continued his active work in white immigrant organizations . Esaul.
He was elected vice-chairman of the Union of Officers of the Russian Corps. From 1952 until his death in 1976, he was the editor of the magazine Our News and an employee of the magazine Military War .
Since November 6, 1974 - Guard Colonel .
In 1965, the book “Russian Corps in the Balkans during the Second World War” was published in the United States at the publishing house of the magazine Our News, edited by D.P. Vertepov.
Links
- "Our News"
- Vertepov D.P. Russian Corps in the Balkans - 1941-1945. (unavailable link) - Ed. "Veche", 2008.