Igor Konstantinovich Teleshov ( September 8, 1862 - August 13, 1930 ) - Russian general, hero of the First World War .
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| Date of Birth | September 8, 1862 | ||||||||||
| Date of death | August 13, 1930 (67 years old) | ||||||||||
| Place of death | Zemun , Yugoslavia | ||||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||||||
| Rank | major general | ||||||||||
| Battles / wars | Russian-Japanese war , World War I Civil War | ||||||||||
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Biography
Orthodox.
He graduated from the St. Petersburg Military Gymnasium (1880) and Mikhailovsky Artillery School (1883), from where he was released as second lieutenant to the 26th Artillery Brigade.
Ranks: lieutenant (1886), staff captain (1892), lieutenant guard (1892), staff captain (1895), captain (1898), army lieutenant colonel (1898), colonel (for distinction, 1906), major general ( for difference, 1913).
He graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in the 2nd category.
He was an assistant to the class inspector of the Nikolaev Cavalry School (1899-1901), commander of the 5th battery of the 37th artillery brigade (1901-1903).
In 1903-1908 he commanded the 3rd battery of the 3rd artillery brigade , with which he participated in the Russian-Japanese war and was awarded the orders of St. Anne of the 2nd degree with swords and St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with swords. Then he commanded the 2nd division of the 3rd artillery brigade (1908-1911). In 1911-1914 he was the head of the GAU department.
On January 23, 1914 he was appointed commander of the 31st artillery brigade , with which he entered the First World War . Granted by St. George's Arms
| Because in the battles of August 13, 14 and 17, 1914 he controlled the fire of his brigade, having the strongest enemy artillery against himself, and repeatedly exposed his life to danger, the result of which was not only the forced silence of the enemy artillery, but also the complete defeat of some of his batteries , which allowed our infantry to advance and successfully attack the enemy. |
For successful actions under Przemysl he was presented to the Order of St. George of the 4th degree. February 29, 1916 was appointed. artillery inspector of the 3rd Siberian Army Corps , and on November 6, 1916, he was transferred to the same position in the 10th Army Corps .
In 1918 he served in the army of the Ukrainian state , from September 30, 1918 he commanded the 14th light artillery brigade. Then he participated in the White movement. Since July 5, 1919, he was in the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the All - Union Union of Liberal Democratic Forces , and on November 28 of the same year he was appointed commander of the 13th artillery brigade. In the Russian army, Baron Wrangel served in the Sevastopol fortress artillery until the evacuation of Crimea .
In exile in Yugoslavia . He died in 1930 in Zemun . He was married, had two children.
Rewards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art. (1894);
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. (1898);
- Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd art. (1901);
- Order of St. Anne, 2nd art. with swords (1905);
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with swords (1906);
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd art. (1909);
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st Art. (1913);
- Order of St. Anne 1st Art. with swords (VP 01.1915);
- St. George's Arms (VP 09.03.1915);
- Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd art. with swords (12/06/1915).
Sources
- A list of senior colonels. Compiled on May 2, 1907 - St. Petersburg, 1907. - S. 1229
- Teleshov, Igor Konstantinovich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".