Ogranovich, Pavel Pavlovich

Born on August 18, 1884 . Date of entry into military service is unknown. Midshipman since 1905, was promoted to senior lieutenant on December 6, 1914 (for distinction) ^[1] .

Since January 1917, he served as a senior officer on the Aurora cruiser , moving from the battleship Andrei Pervozvanny at the personal invitation of the captain of the Aurora M. I. Nikolsky ^[2] . According to the recollections of the future Aurora commander Lev Polenov , who was then a midshipman , the purpose of the invitation was to restore discipline and authority of the command, since the good relations between the team and officers, which distinguished the ship from many others, were violated after a long stay of the ship in Petrograd ^[2] .

On February 27, 1917 , with the beginning of the February Revolution , riots broke out on the cruiser, to stop which Nikolsky and Ogranovich decided to open fire from revolvers on a crowd of sailors ^[3] . Three sailors were wounded by shots: two were light and one — Porfiry Osipenko — was fatally ^{[4] [5]} . These actions pacified the excited sailors, but not for long.

On the morning of February 28 , when the cruiser’s team began to tidy up the premises, groups of workers began to appear opposite the Aurora, which soon turned into a demonstration with red flags, ribbons and bandages. Among the demonstrators were armed people ^[3] . The crowd meanwhile filled the ship; sailors hurrying ashore hurried and changed into a dress for the weekend. All weapons, including the officers, were handed out hand in hand, partly to the workers ^[3] . Upon learning that the officers shot at the team on February 27 and were among the wounded, the workers demanded immediate reprisal against the commander and senior cruiser officer. The sailors decided to take them to the Tauride Palace , where they brought people who resisted the uprising. Epaulettes were ripped off from Nikolsky and Ogranovich and, scoffing, began to take them down the gangplanks to the shore ^[3] . There, the workers demanded that the officers go at the head of the procession with red flags in their hands. Nikolsky and Ogranovich categorically refused. Ogranovich was hit with a bayonet in the throat, and, drenched in blood, fell to the ground ^{[3] [4]} . Nikolsky was again forced to carry the red flag, but Mikhail Ilyich again refused. At that moment, a shot rang out from the crowd; the bullet hit Nikolsky in the head, as a result of which he died on the spot.

P.P. Ogranovich miraculously survived ^[6] , later he participated in the Civil War on the side of the whites in the All-Russian Union of Socialist Republic of Ukraine and the Russian Army. Captain 2nd rank (03/28/1920).

He was killed on July 31, 1920 ^[7] . My wife emigrated from Russia in 1921, lived in Constantinople .

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