Nikolai Dmitrievich Zarin ( March 11, 1872 - June 28, 1918 ) - Russian general, chief of staff of the 22nd Army Corps , hero of the First World War .
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| Date of Birth | March 11, 1872 | ||||||||
| Date of death | June 28, 1918 (aged 46) | ||||||||
| A place of death | D. Repyevka , Simbirsk province | ||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1890-1918 | ||||||||
| Rank | major general | ||||||||
| Commanded | Ostrovsky 100th Infantry Regiment | ||||||||
| Battles / wars | Russian-Japanese war , World War I Civil War | ||||||||
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Biography
Orthodox. From an old noble family .
He graduated from the Pskov Cadet Corps (1890) and the 3rd Military Alexander School (1892), from where he was released as second lieutenant in the Life Guards Lithuanian Regiment .
Ranks: lieutenant (1896), staff captain of the guard with renaming as captains of the General Staff (1899), lieutenant colonel (1903), colonel (1907), major general (1914).
In 1899 he graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in the 1st category. At the end of the academy, he served as senior adjutant to the headquarters of the 2nd Infantry Division (1901-1902) and the 1st Cavalry Corps (1902-1903), and then as the head officer for special assignments at the headquarters of the 16th Army Corps (1903-1905). He participated in the Russian-Japanese war , was awarded several orders. In 1905-1913 he was the chief of staff of the 41st Infantry Division .
On November 5, 1913 he was appointed commander of the 100th Ostrovsky Infantry Regiment , with which he entered the First World War . He participated in a campaign in East Prussia . He was awarded the Order of St. George 4th degree
| Because, thanks to his great calm, courage and orderliness, he managed to firmly maintain the enemy’s position captured by his regiment in the battle on August 4, even despite the withdrawal of neighboring units, which contributed to the final success of the day. |
In the Battle of Gumbinen, he was injured. On October 5, 1914, he was promoted to major general “for differences in cases against the Germans,” on November 14 of the same year he was appointed chief of staff of the 22nd Army Corps . Was granted by St. George's Weapon
| For the fact that on April 19-21, 1915, when an attack was taken to acquire a height of 958 (Makuvka), despite extremely difficult local conditions, there was a doubt about the possibility of such a mastery, he supported the execution of this operation and, being in charge of such and being under the actual gun and artillery fire of the enemy, he brought the matter to a brilliant end, inflicting a strong defeat on the enemy. 53 officers, 2,250 lower ranks, 8 machine guns, and a lot of military material were captured. |
From February 18 to April 12, 1917 he commanded the 19th Siberian Rifle Division. On June 30, 1917 he was credited to the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Petrograd Military District , and in January 1918 he was dismissed.
Participated in the White movement as part of the People’s Army in the Volga region. He was shot by the Bolsheviks in the village of Repyevka, Syzran district, Simbirsk province.
Rewards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art. (1904)
- Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd art. with swords (VP 7.01.1907)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with swords and bow (VP 1.04.1907)
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. with swords and bow (VP 15.07.1907)
- Order of St. Anne, 2nd art. (1911)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd art. (VP 9.07.1913)
- Order of St. George 4th Art. (VP 13.10.1914)
- St. George's Arms (VP 25.04.1916)
Links
- Zarin, Nikolai Dmitrievich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".
- Major General Nikolai Zarin: They removed the oats, we are preparing to thresh ... The revolution nevertheless overtook the military general who tried to wait out the Time of Troubles in the family estate // Rodina No. 11, 2017