Grigory Vasilyevich Pokrovsky ( 10.10.1871 - 16.011968 ) - major general, hero of the First World War .
| Grigory Vasilievich Pokrovsky | |||||||||
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| Date of Birth | October 9, 1871 | ||||||||
| Date of death | January 16, 1968 (96 years old) | ||||||||
| Place of death | Saint Genevieve de Bois , France | ||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1890-1920 | ||||||||
| Rank | major general | ||||||||
| Commanded | Bessarabian 129th Infantry Regiment | ||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I Civil War | ||||||||
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Biography
Orthodox.
Born in Tashkent. He graduated from the Orenburg Neplyuyev Cadet Corps (1890) and the 3rd Military Alexander School (1892), from where he was released as second lieutenant to the 1st Turkestan Line Battalion. Later , the Volyn Regiment was transferred to the Life Guards with the same rank and seniority.
Ranks: lieutenant (1896), staff captain of the guard with renaming as captains of the General Staff (1899), lieutenant colonel (1903), colonel (1907), major general (for military distinction, 08/09/1915)
In 1899 he graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in the 1st category. At the end of the academy, he was a senior adjutant to the headquarters of the 36th Infantry Division (1900-1901). In the years 1901-1904 he was on secondment to the Alexander Military School for the teaching of military sciences.
Then he was the head officer for special assignments at the headquarters of the Grenadier Corps (1904-1905) and the head officer for instructions at the headquarters of the Moscow Military District (1905-1911). In 1911-1913 he held the post of chief of staff of the 3rd Grenadier Division .
On November 2, 1908, the marriage (second marriage) of Colonel Pokrovsky G.V. took place in the church of the Imperial Mariinsky Palace in St. Petersburg with Sofia Nikolaevna - the daughter of Markov Nikolai Lvovich, full state adviser, member of the Council of the Russian-Asian Bank, Chairman of the Board of the South-Eastern Railways, member of the State Council, deputy of the 3rd and 4th State Dumas.
On October 20, 1913 he was appointed commander of the 129th Bessarabian Infantry Regiment , with which he entered the First World War . He was awarded the St. George arms
| For the fact that in the battle of Aug. 18. 1914, commanding the vanguard of the 129th Bessarabian Infantry Regiment with 2 batteries, despite the destructive fire of the enemy, captured the village and the commanding heights, held them back and thus enabled the main forces to debush from the forest. |
and the Order of St. George 4th degree
| For the fact that on November 13, 1914, commanding the vanguard of the 33rd Infantry Division, he attacked the enemy, who took a position at dd. Brzesko Stare and Smilovice, forced him to clear his position and, thanks to decisive and skillful orders, surrounded him on the banks of the river. Vistula and forced to lay down weapons, which contributed to the further victorious advance of our army. The trophies were: the entire 31st Infantry Hounded Regiment with a banner, consisting of 22 officers, 1,311 lower ranks and 4 machine guns. |
On August 9, 1915 he was promoted to major general with the appointment of chief of staff of the 1st Turkestan Army Corps . On September 25, 1916, he was transferred by the Quartermaster General of the Staff to the 8th Army of General Kaledin . In 1917, he was the chief of staff of the 8th Army when it was commanded by General Kornilov . During the Kornilovsky speech, he was dismissed from the post in the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Kiev military district.
In August 1918 he arrived in the Volunteer Army . He was at the disposal of the assistant chief of the Military Directorate General Vyazmitinov , in the Russian Army General Wrangel was in the reserve of ranks of the General Staff, carrying out various orders. In 1920 he was evacuated from Crimea to Constantinople .
In exile in France from 12.25.1922. In the period 1920-1956 he lived in Paris at 9 Fremier Avenue. On March 19, 1956 he moved permanently to the Russian House in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, where he lived until his death in January 1968. In 1965 he was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor of France. He took an active part in the life of military emigration. He was a member of the ROVS , chairman of the Volyn Regiment Life Guards Association and the Society of General Staff Officers in France, honorary chairman of the Union of Russian Cadet Corps. He graduated from the Cordon Bleu cooking school and worked as a cook in a Paris restaurant until 85 years old.
He died on January 16, 1968. He was buried in a separate grave on the Cadet section of the Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery .
Finally I found whose photograph is attached to the biography of Pokrovsky G.V. In the photo, General Baron Vladimir von Dreyer in his young years. He is also a participant in the White Movement, who also lived in Paris and was also repose in the cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois. If you do not have a photo of Pokrovsky G.V. “I am ready to send it to you immediately.” My address is: epopov887@rambler.ru
Rewards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art. (1903);
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. (1905);
- Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd art. (1910);
- Order of St. Anne, 2nd art. (1913);
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with swords and bow (VP 02.1915);
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd art. with swords (VP 27.02.1915);
- St. George's Arms (VP 09.03.1915);
- Order of St. George 4th Art. (VP 05.19.1915).
Links
- Pokrovsky, Grigory Vasilievich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".