Vyacheslav Antonovich Sakhatsky ( July 22, 1865 - after 1917) - Russian officer, hero of the First World War .
| Vyacheslav Antonovich Sakhatsky | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | July 22, 1865 | |||||
| Date of death | after 1917 | |||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | |||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||
| Years of service | 1887-1917 | |||||
| Rank | Colonel | |||||
| Battles / wars | Russian-Japanese war , World War I | |||||
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Biography
Orthodox.
Received home education. He graduated from the Vilna Infantry Junker School (1887), from where he was released as second lieutenant to the 107th Troitsky Infantry Regiment .
Ranks: lieutenant (1891), staff captain (for distinction, 1898), captain (1900), lieutenant colonel (1912), colonel (1914).
He graduated from the Officers Rifle School .
He participated in the Russian-Japanese war , was part of the Port Arthur garrison during the defense of the fortress .
On January 1, 1909 he was in the 28th East Siberian Rifle Regiment . On January 1, 1910 and November 1, 1911 - in the 11th Rifle Regiment .
Since May 15, 1913 he served in the 36th Infantry Regiment of the Oryol , with which he entered the First World War . He was awarded the St. George arms
| For the fact that in the battle of August 14, 1914, under strong enemy fire, he knocked him out of the trenches and took up a position at altitude. Having received the order to stay at this height, under the destructive fire of artillery and infantry, he successfully repelled several enemy attacks and inflicted great damage on him, and kept his position behind him. |
and the Order of St. George 4th degree
| For the fact that on October 6, 1914, commanding the 4th battalion, he crossed on pontoons near the village. Vysotsk across the river. Sun took a position on the enemy’s shore 500 meters from the enemy, attacked the enemy’s significantly superior forces with dawn and brutal artillery, rifle and machine gun fire, knocked him out with two bayonet trenches, and captured two machine guns and 300 prisoners, firmly established himself on the enemy’s bank and thereby ensured the other parts of the crossing on the left bank of the river. Sana'a. |
From June 15, 1916 he commanded the 259th infantry reserve battalion.
Fate after 1917 is unknown.
Rewards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art. with swords and bow (1905);
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. (1907);
- Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd art. (1911);
- St. George's Arms (VP 09.03.1915);
- Order of St. George 4th Art. (VP 05.19.1915).
Links
- Sakhatsky, Vyacheslav Antonovich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".