Count Illarion Illarionovich Vorontsov-Dashkov (May 12 (24), 1877, Tsarskoye Selo - April 20, 1932 [1] , Paris ) - Russian officer, hero of the First World War .
| Illarion Illarionovich Vorontsov-Dashkov | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | May 12 (24), 1877 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Tsarskoye Selo | |||||
| Date of death | April 20, 1932 (54 years old) | |||||
| Place of death | Paris , France | |||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | |||||
| Type of army | Guards cavalry | |||||
| Years of service | 1896-1920 | |||||
| Rank | Colonel | |||||
| Battles / wars | World War I Civil War | |||||
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Biography
Orthodox. The third son of the cavalry general Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov and his wife Elizabeth Andreevna Shuvalova (1845-1924).
At the end of the Page Corps in 1st category in 1898, he was released as a cornet in the Life Guards of the Hussars of His Majesty's Regiment .
Ranks: lieutenant (1902), staff captain (1906), captain (1910), colonel (1913).
In 1909-1914 he was adjutant to Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich , while remaining on the lists of the Hussar Regiment. On August 23, 1914 he was appointed commander of the Kabardian cavalry regiment , with whom he participated in the First World War . He was awarded the St. George arms
| For the fact that, as the commander of the Kabardian cavalry regiment, in the battle on September 10, 1915 during combat intelligence on the river. Strype, in order to determine the location of the enemy on the front of the division, commanding two companies of the 128th Infantry Starooskolsky infantry regiment, 6 guns and two cavalry regiments, successfully completed the reconnaissance assigned to him, and taking a height of 392 made it possible to firmly gain a foothold on the entire front and develop subsequently successful promotion in neighboring sections of the 11th building. |
March 24, 1916 returned to the post of adjutant of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, with the abandonment of the guards cavalry.
During the Civil War he participated in the White Movement as part of the All-Union Socialist League and the Volunteer Army . Participated in the organization of the Terek uprising . In May 1920 he arrived in Crimea .
In exile in France. He died in 1932 in Paris. He was buried in the cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois .
Family
He was married to Irina Vasilyevna Naryshkina (1880-1917), maid of honor of the court (1898); the daughter of the famous St. Petersburg rich man Vasily Lvovich Naryshkin (1841-1909) from a marriage with Princess Theodora Pavlovna Orbeliani (1852-1930). Tall, well-built, dark-skinned, like all the Naryshkins, Irina, according to the memoirs of Yu. A. Olsufiev , had great charm and was always friendly, sweet and simple. βThere was always something sad in her deep, black eyesβ [2] . After a divorce in 1913, she married Major General Prince S.A. Dolgoruky . According to the official version, she died of pneumonia, according to another version she committed suicide due to a breakdown with her second husband. Children:
- Count Roman Illarionovich Vorontsov-Dashkov (08.28.1901, Tsarskoye Selo - 12. 11. 1993, USA). In his first marriage he was married to Henrietta Juliette Auden (1894-1979). Divorced in 1928. In his second marriage (since 1975) he was married to American Elizabeth Carolina Sadtler. I had no children. In exile he worked as a hotel manager.
- Maria (1903-1997), in 1922 she married Prince Nikita Alexandrovich . Their kids:
- Prince Nikita Nikitich
- Prince Alexander Nikitich
- Count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov-Dashkov (9. 07. 1904, St. Petersburg - 14. 03. 1983, Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois, near Paris; buried in a local cemetery). He lived in exile in France , worked as an engineer. He was fond of Freemasonry , a member of the lodge Astrey (1965), her gatekeeper, standard bearer (1975-1976). He performed the duties of the venerable master of the lodge Jupiter (1962). He spoke at the meetings of the boxes with reports. He was awarded the honorary medal of the Supreme Council of France. In 1934, in Paris, he married Princess Marina Petrovna Meshcherskaya (28. 12. 1912, St. Petersburg - 28. 12. 1994, Paris ; buried in the cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois ). One son was born in marriage. Divorced in 1941. In 1968 he married Cynthia Gates (b. 9. 10. 1922). In the second marriage had no children. From the first marriage, son:
- Count Semyon Mikhailovich Vorontsov-Dashkov (15. 02. 1936, Neuilly-sur-Seine - 22. 08. 2004, Paris ; buried in the cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). I had no children.
- Count Alexander Illarionovich Vorontsov-Dashkov (29. 12. 1905, St. Petersburg - 2003, Paris ; buried in the cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). He lived in France , was a member of the National Organization of Russian Intelligence . Never accepted foreign citizenship. In 1990 and 1993 came to Russia. In 1951, he married Alexandra Dmitrievna Mironova (11. 11. 1911, Moscow - 9. 03. 1991, Paris ; buried in the cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois), a famous opera singer who performed under the pseudonym Barbara Nikisch . I had no children.
- Count Illarion Illarionovich Vorontsov-Dashkov (3. 07. 1911, Pargolovo, near St. Petersburg - 11. 03. 1982, Palm Springs, California ; Wiesbaden cemetery was buried next to his grandmother ). He was not married and did not leave offspring.
The second wife is Lyudmila Nikolaevna Ushakova.
Rewards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art. (1908);
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. (1911);
- Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd art. (VP 11.22.1914);
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with swords and a bow (9.1.1915);
- swords to the Order of St. Stanislav 2nd art. (VP 09.09.1915);
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd art. with swords (VP ββ28.02.1916);
- Order of St. Anne, 2nd art. with swords (VP ββ06.10.1916);
- St. George's weapons (VP 08.11.1916).
Notes
- β Vorontsov // BDT / Kravets S.L. - M: BDT , 2006. - V. 5. - S. 727. - 784 p. - 65,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-334-6 .
- β Yu. A. Olsufiev. From the recent past of a manor: Buetsky House, as we left it on March 5, 1917. - M .: Indrik, 2009 .-- 351 p.
Links
- Vorontsov-Dashkov, Illarion Illarionovich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".
- Biography on the site "Russian Imperial Army"