Erdeli, Ivan Georgievich

Family

From the hereditary nobles of the Kherson province . His ancestors are Hungarian nobles who converted to Orthodoxy and moved to Russia in the 18th century. Great-grandfather served in the troops of P. A. Rumyantsev and A. V. Suvorov .

Father - Egor (George) Yakovlevich , Kherson provincial leader of the nobility in 1871-1876.

Mother - Leonid, nee Tulubiev .

Brother - Yakov Egorovich , Minsk Governor , Member of the State Council .

General I.G. Erdeli was married to Maria Alexandrovna Kuzminskaya (1869-1923), the daughter of Senator A.M. Kuzminsky and the niece of his wife L.N. Tolstoy .

Education

Graduated from:

• Nikolaev Cavalry School (1890),
• Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff (1897).

Cavalryman and General Staff

He left the school in 1890 in the Life Guards Hussars of His Majesty's regiment . Since November 1899, he has been the headquarters officer for errands at the headquarters of the Caucasian Military District . Since September 12, 1900 - Senior Adjutant to the Headquarters of the Inspector General of the Cavalry of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich . Since June 22, 1905, he was a senior clerk of the office of the Council of State Defense, headed by Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich. From June 9, 1907 - the commander of the 8th Dragoon Astrakhan Regiment , from May 15, 1910 - Major General , commander of the Life Guards of the Dragoon Regiment . On November 6, 1912 , the Quartermaster General of the Headquarters of the Troops of the Guard and the St. Petersburg Military District (under the commander of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich).

Participation in World War I

From July 19, 1914 - the Quartermaster General of the Headquarters of the 6th Army , from August 9, 1914 - the Quartermaster General of the Headquarters of the 9th Army . From October 18, 1914, the commander of the 14th Cavalry Division , from May 13, 1915, the commander of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Division . It is granted by the St. George's Weapon (1915). Since May 1916 - Lieutenant General . From November 23, 1916 - the head of the 64th Infantry Division , from April 6, 1917 - the commander of the 18th Army Corps . In June - July 1917 - commander of the 11th army . At the head of the army participated in the June offensive . Initially, army units managed to break through the front of the Austro-Hungarian forces and achieve some success in the Zbor battle (June 18-22). However, when in July a German group of forces attacked the positions of the army, the units demoralized by anti-war agitation began a chaotic retreat.

Since July 1917, he was a cavalry general . From July 12, 1917 he commanded the Special Army . He took an active part in the speech of General L.G. Kornilov , was removed from command, arrested and imprisoned in Bykhov prison .

Civil War

In November 1917, together with other general prisoners, he went to the Don , where from the first days he participated in the formation of the Volunteer Army . The participant of the First Kuban (Ice) campaign is a pioneer . In January - March 1918 - a representative of the Volunteer Army at the Kuban Regional Government. In March - April 1918 he commanded a separate Horse Brigade of the Volunteer Army, successfully operated during the days of battles near Ekaterinodar . From May to the end of August 1918 he commanded the 1st Cavalry Division. Member of the 2nd Kuban campaign .

In October 1918 he was sent to Thessaloniki to negotiate arms deliveries and the participation of British and French units in the fight against the Bolsheviks.

In January 1919 he was sent to Transcaucasia to establish contact with representatives of the English command. Since April 1919, he replaced General V.P. Lyakhov with the posts of commander in chief and commander of the troops of the Tersko-Dagestan Territory. Since July 1919, he was the commander -in- chief and commander of the troops of the North Caucasus ; on April 25, 1920 he was transferred to the reserve of ranks under the Armed Forces of Southern Russia (VSYUR) . He returned to the Crimea on the ship "Rus" on August 24, 1920.

Emigration

In 1920 he emigrated to France, worked as an accompanist, a driver. He actively participated in the activities of the Russian All-Military Union (ROVS), a member of the board of the Society for Mutual Assistance of Former Junkers of the Nikolaev Cavalry School . From March 21, 1930 to June 29, 1934 - Chairman of the Union of Officers - Participants of the Great War. Since June 29, 1934 - Head of the 1st Division of the ROVS, uniting his ranks in France, and Chairman of the French branch of the Union of Participants of the First Kuban Campaign; however, he soon left these posts. On October 5, 1937, he was appointed chairman of the Special Commission for the Investigation of the Agent of the NKVD, Major General N. V. Skoblin . The commission continued its activities until the end of February 1938, and on March 1, 1938 published its opinion recognizing the fact of Skoblin's betrayal.

He died suddenly in Paris . He was buried at the Russian cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois .

Awards

• Order of St. Stanislav 3rd century. (1900)
• Order of St. Anne 3rd century. (1903)
• Order of St. Anne, 2nd art. (1905)
• Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. (1909)
• Order of St. Vladimir 3rd art. (1913)
• Order of St. Stanislav 1st Art. with swords (1915)
• St. George's Arms (VP 09.03.1915)
• Order of St. Anne 1st Art. with swords (1915)
• Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd art. with swords (1916)
• Badge of the 1st Kuban (Ice) campaign

Foreign orders:

• Persian Order of Leo and the Sun 2 tbsp. (1906)

• Zalessky K. A. Who was who in the First World War. - M .: AST ; Astrel, 2003 .-- 896 p. - 5000 copies - ISBN 5-17-019670-9 (ACT); ISBN 5-271-06895-1 (Astrel).

Links

• Erdeli, Ivan Georgievich (neopr.) . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War."
• Biography of Erdely I.G. on the Chronos website
• Red Terror