Nikolai Ivanovich Chorba ( 1717 - 1781 ) - Russian military leader , major general .
| Nikolai Ivanovich Chorba | ||
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| Date of Birth | 1717 | |
| Place of Birth | Serbia | |
| Date of death | November 18, 1781 | |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | |
| Type of army | light cavalry | |
| Rank | Major general | |
| Battles / wars | The Russian-Turkish War (1768-1774) | |
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Came from the Serbian nobility. He served in the Austrian Empire for 15 years, and, together with his brothers Nikolai and Fedor, was one of the initiators of the resettlement of Serbian soldiers in the Russian Empire.
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Biography
In 1747, the government of Empress Maria Theresa, in gratitude for the help provided by the Hungarians in the war for the Austrian inheritance , decided to give them the lands of the landmilitia of Podunai, Potis and Pomorish, and to resettle the Serbs living in these places further to the borders of Turkey. The Serbs did not want to submit to this decision; unrest arose between them, and finally, Colonel Ivan Horvat , Lieutenant Colonels Dmitry Horvat and Ivan Shevich and captains brothers N. and F. Chorba came to the idea of moving to Russia.
At the beginning of 1751, they submitted a petition to the Ambassador in Vienna, Count M.P. Bestuzhev-Rumin . I. Horvath promised that he would recruit a regiment of hussars of 1000 people from Serbs and other Slavic peoples and a regiment of panduras of 2000 people from Greeks; he requested only land for settlement and reimbursement.
In 1751, with the rank of captain, N.I. Chorb arrived in Petersburg and was accepted into the Russian service as a major with the appointment to Novoserbia in the settled hussar regiments . In the rank of lieutenant colonel Chorba he was sent in 1757 to the then formed Sloboda Hussar Regiment , where he served until its abolition. On June 26, 1783, the regiment was reorganized into a 6-squadron and named the Kharkov Hussar Regiment of the Ukrainian Cavalry [1] .
Member of the Russian-Turkish war of 1768-1774. The Kharkov regiment under the leadership of Chorba was especially distinguished in the battles of 1773 on the right bank of the Danube . April 21, 1773 N.I. Chorba was promoted to the rank of major general . And for leading the attack of the Kharkov Hussar Regiment on October 17, 1773 at Karasu to a fortified Turkish camp, during which the Turks fled, and the Kharkov hussars captured 11 guns - Major General Chorbu was presented with the Order of St. George 3rd degree. Nikolai Ivanovich became the first regiment to the St. George Knight [2] .
Rewards
- He was awarded the Order of St. George of the 3rd degree (No. 39, July 6, 1774 ) - “ On October 17, 773, with light troops, he defeated and drove the enemy from the Karasu River, chasing him with infantry and, attacking it, repelled 11 cannons ” [3] .
- He was also awarded other orders of the Russian Empire .