Anton Vasilievich Novosiltsov ( March 17, 1850 - March 9, 1923 ) - cavalry general, commander of the 4th army corps .
| Anton Vasilievich Novosiltsov | |
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| Date of Birth | March 17 (29), 1850 |
| Date of death | March 9, 1923 (72 years old) |
| Place of death | Belgrade , Yugoslavia |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire |
| Years of service | 1867-1920 |
| Rank | cavalry general |
| Commanded | L.-G. Cossack Regiment , 4th Army Corps |
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Biography
From an old noble family . The son of Vasily Alexandrovich Novosiltsov (d. 1892).
Received home education. In 1867 he entered the Equestrian Regiment as a volunteer in the Life Guards , a year later passed the officer exam and was promoted to cornet .
Ranks: lieutenant (1872), staff captain (1873), captain (1878), colonel (1885), major general (for distinction, 1895), lieutenant general (for distinction, 1904), general from cavalry (for distinction , 1910).
He commanded a squadron of the Life Guards Horse Regiment (1886-1893). In 1892, with the rank of colonel, he accompanied the Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna on a foreign trip, fulfilling the post of gofmarshal . Then he commanded the 1st Life Dragoon Moscow Regiment (1893–1895), the Life Guards Cossack Regiment (1895–1899) and the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Guards Cavalry Division (1899–1904).
In 1904-1908 he was the head of the combined cavalry division. In 1908 he was appointed commander of the 4th Army Corps , and on February 2, 1914 he was expelled from the corps with the appointment of Adjutant General .
During the Civil War he served in the All-Union Socialist League . In the summer of 1920 was in Malta.
In exile in Yugoslavia. He died in 1923 in Belgrade. He was twice married.
at the costume ball in 1903 . | ||
Family
First wife - Nadezhda Ivanovna Likhacheva , cousin of Princess O. V. Paley . They had three sons in marriage - Yuri (1878-1931), Vladimir (1880-1921) and Anton (d. 1908), and daughter Tamara (1881-1939), the maid of honor of the court, her marriage with P.P. Rodzianko ended in a scandalous divorce .
The second wife is Nadezhda Ilinichna Denisova (1866-1926)
Rewards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art. (1873)
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. (1879)
- Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd art. (1883)
- Order of St. Anne, 2nd art. (1887)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. (1890)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd art. (1902)
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st Art. (1898)
- Order of St. Anne 1st Art. (1902)
- Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd art. (1906)
- Order of the White Eagle (1912)
- Highest Thanks (VP 06.05.1915)
- Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (VP 6.12.1916)
Foreign:
- Greek Order of the Savior , commander's cross (1893)
- Montenegrin Order of Prince Daniel I , 2nd Art. (1895)
Links
- Novosiltsov, Anton Vasilievich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".
- Biography on the site "Russian Imperial Army"