Alexander Ivanovich Polyakov ( April 10 (23), 1870 , Novocherkassk - January 4, 1948 , Sofia ) - VD nobleman , major general of the Don Army .
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| Date of Birth | April 10 (23), 1870 | |||||||
| Place of Birth | Russian empire | |||||||
| Date of death | January 4, 1948 (aged 77) | |||||||
| A place of death | Bulgaria | |||||||
| Type of army | ground troops | |||||||
| Rank | major general | |||||||
| Battles / wars | Russian-Japanese war , World War I Civil war in Russia | |||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
He was educated in the Simbirsk Cadet Corps , the Konstantinovsky Military School (1st category) and the officer artillery school. The officers produced in 1891 in the 19th Don Cossack battery. Member of the Russian-Japanese , First World War and Civil War. March 29, 1915 was promoted to colonel .
Occupied the following posts:
- 01/15. 1911 - 03/10. 1913 - commander of the 11th Don Cossack Battery;
- 10.03. 1913 - 5.12. 1915 - commander of the 6th Don Cossack Battery;
- 5.12. 1915 - 1917 - commander of the 1st Don Cossack Artillery Division;
- 1917 - 18 - chieftain Art. Novocherkassk.
After leaving the partisans of Novocherkassk on February 12, 1918, he remained in the city. Arrested by the Bolsheviks and sentenced to death. He was detained in Novocherkassk prison . Released on April 1, 1918, by the rebel Cossacks, art. Krivyansk, Cherkasy district, under the command of military foreman M. A. Fetisov , who drove the Bolsheviks from the city of Novocherkassk. He retreated on April 4, 1918 from the city along with a detachment of Fetisov. In May 1918 he joined the ranks of the Don Army. Produced on January 31, 1919 as a major general .
Occupied posts:
- 1918 - 19 - general for commissions under the head of the artillery Don army;
- 1920 - Inspector of the Artillery Don Corps;
- in 1925 - commander of the Don officer battery.
Employee of the magazine "Military reality" [1] .
In 1921 he left for Bulgaria , in Sofia , where he died and was buried.
Rewards
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th degree;
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd degree;
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd degree;
- Order of St. Stanislav 2nd degree;
- Order of St. Anne of the 2nd degree;
- St. George's weapon ;
- Order of St. George 4th degree (May 23, 1916);
- Medals.
Having received the Order of St. George the Victorious, he had the right to become a lieutenant general, but did not want to receive it from the Provisional Government.