Dobrorolsky, Sergey Konstantinovich

Childhood and Youth

Born in the family of an officer of the Russian Imperial Army. Educated in the 1st Moscow Cadet Corps .

Military career

From 1886 to 1888 he studied at the Nikolaev Engineering School and, with the rank of second lieutenant, was assigned to the 6th combat engineer battalion . From 1891 to 1894 he studied at the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff on the 1st level. From 1901 he served in the General Staff: assistant clerk of the General Quartermaster part (from 8.3.1901), assistant to the clerk (from 1.5.1903), the clerk (from 14.6.1903) , assistant to the head of the department (since 1.8.1904).

Member of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05: from 13.10.1904 the headquarters officer for special assignments under the control of the Quartermaster General of the 2nd Manchu Army , and from 17.7.1905 the chief of staff of the 9th Infantry Division . ^[one]

From 1.5.1906 clerk of the department of the quarter-general of the General Staff. On October 30, 1908, the commander of the 166th Rivne Infantry Regiment . From 9/15/1910 assistant to the chief, from 9/2/1913 the head of the mobilization department of the Main Department of Civil Defense. Simultaneously with the 5/25/1913 a member of the Council of the Main Directorate of State Horse Breeding.

In 1914 he took an active part in the mobilization of the Russian army. 11/8/1914 transferred to the army and was appointed chief of staff of the 3rd Army with the assignment of the military rank of lieutenant general. On 3/6/1915 he was appointed to the post of chief of the 78th Infantry Division . From 07.17.1917 the commander of the XLV Army Corps of the 5th Army , from August 12, 1917 to January 1918 the X Army Corps .

General A. S. Lukomsky , who took him in 1910 as his deputy to the mobilization department of the Central Administration of Civil Defense, characterizes him as a smart and conscientious worker, but a weak combatant commander ^[2] .

After the October Revolution, he served in the Ukrainian army of the hetman P.P. Skoropadsky in the rank of general emblem. From 02/03/1919 in the All-Union Socialist Republic of Ukraine. 28.5-2.8.1919 commanded the 4th Infantry Division , 28.5-10.7.1919 widow of the commander of the 3rd Army Corps , created from the remnants of the Crimean Azov Volunteer Army . At the same time, from June 26 to July 12, 1919 and. D. of the supreme boss of the Tauride province . Since August 2, 1919 at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the All-Union Socialist League of Ukraine with the laying of a special assignment in the Black Sea province . He was engaged in the suppression of the local rebel movement "green". Until October 15, 1919, the commander of the troops of the Black Sea coast . According to General A. S. Lukomsky, “got confused in love affairs and was removed from office by Denikin” ^[2] .

Emigration

He emigrated to Germany in March 1920, after the defeat of the White movement in Crimea. In the mid-1920s sided with the current - Smekhovekhovites , grouped around the Berlin military-scientific journal " War and Peace " and advocating cooperation with the Bolsheviks. He also headed the Association of ranks of the 18th Army Corps (since 1930, as part of the 4th department of the ROVS ).

According to news received from the USSR, he died in 1930. For those who knew him, his transition to the Bolsheviks came as a complete surprise and caused not only indignation, but also complete bewilderment. In reality, as in the story of Bonch-Bruevich, his offended pride played a dominant role in this act. He was offended that Denikin removed him from his post, and Wrangel did not attract him to work. Offended, he went over to the Bolsheviks.

- A. Lukomsky. Essays from my life. Memoirs, p. 228.

Death

There are two versions of death:

• He emigrated to the USSR among the first wave of shift workers , where he shot himself in 1930.
• He died in Salzburg ( Austria ) on January 10, 1949.

• joined the service (1.10.1885),
• second lieutenant (Vys. pr. 9.08.1888),
• lieutenant (art. 11.08.1890), staff captain (art. 18.05.1894),
• captain (v. 24.03.1896),
• lieutenant colonel (art.6.12.1900),
• Colonel "for distinction in service" from Art. December 6, 1904 (High Project 1904),
• Major General "for distinction in service" (Vys. pr. 6.12.1910),
• lieutenant general with art. 07.28.1916 (Vys. Pr. 11.11.1914)

• Order of St. Stanislav 3 degrees (1897),
• Order of St. Anne 3 degrees (1903),
• Order of St. Stanislav 2 degrees with swords (1906),
• Order of St. Vladimir 4 degrees with swords and bow (1906),
• Order of St. Vladimir 3 degrees (1906),
• Order of St. Anne 2 degrees with swords (1907),
• Order of St. Stanislav 1 degree (12/6/1912),
• Order of St. Anne 1 degree with swords (VP ​​18.3.1916),
• Order of St. Vladimir 2 degrees with swords (VP 29.9.1916).

• Klaving V. Civil war in Russia: White armies. // Military historical library . - M .: AST, 2003 .-- 500 p. - ISBN 5-17-019260-6 .

• Zalessky K.A. Who was who in the second world war. Allies of Germany. - M .: AST, 2003 .-- 496 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-17-021314-X .

• Volkov S.V. Generals of the Russian Empire: an encyclopedic dictionary of generals and admirals from Peter I to Nicholas II .. - M .: Tsentropoligraf, 2009.

• Lukomsky A.S. Essays from my life. Memories. - M .: Iris-press, 2012 .-- ISBN 978-5-8112-4483-6

• Dobrorolsky, Sergey Konstantinovich (neopr.) . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".
• Dobrorolsky Sergey Konstantinovich