Torsten Karlovich Vadensherna ( 4 [16] July 1861 - February 1920) - Russian general, participant of the First World War and the White movement .
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| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | ||||||||||
| Years of service | 1881–1920 | ||||||||||
| Rank | lieutenant general | ||||||||||
| Commanded | Samara 147th Infantry Regiment 12th Infantry Regiment 81st Infantry Division 37th Infantry Division | ||||||||||
| Battles / Wars | World War I | ||||||||||
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Biography
Lutheran. From the Swedish noble family of the Grand Duchy of Finland . Son of Lieutenant Colonel Karl-Wilhelm Karlovich Wadensherny.
He graduated from the Finnish Cadet Corps . Entered into service in 1881 as an ensign in the Life Guards 4th Rifle Battalion . Second lieutenant (1884), lieutenant (1887), head captain (1894), captain (1899), colonel (1903).
The commander of the 147th Samara Infantry Regiment (1908–1910), then the 12th Infantry Regiment (1910–1913). Major General (1913). Commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 48th Infantry Division (July-August 1913). Commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 5th Infantry Division (from 17 (30) .08.1913).
He was awarded the St. George Arms (09 (22) .03.1915) for taking the height occupied by the enemy in battle on 17 (30) August 1914. Head of the 81st Infantry Division (May-July 1915). Lieutenant General (1915). Head of the 37th Infantry Division (from 17 (30) .07.1915). The reserve ranks at the headquarters of the Odessa VO (17 (30) .10.1917), then the Kiev VO (from 27.11 (10.12) .1917).
Member of the White movement in the north. In the summer - autumn of 1919 the head of the National Militia of the Northern Region . Together with his son, captured in February 1920 and executed.
Family
Wife: Alexandra Nikolaevna Aigustova (1871 -?), Daughter of Lieutenant-General N. A. Aigustova .
Children:
- Natalia (07.30.1892 -)
- Anatoly (5 (17) .08.1895 - 02.1920)
- Maria (24.11 (7.12) .1901 -)
The wife and children of the Orthodox faith.
Awards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd century. (08.30.1889)
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd century. (08.30.1894)
- Order of St. Stanislaus 2 st. (12/06/1898)
- Order of St. Anne 2 nd century. (12/06/1901)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th Art. (12/06/1905)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd century. (05/10/1912)
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st century. with swords (12.1914)
- Order of St. Anne 1st century. (02.27.1915)
- St. George weapons (03/09/1915)
- swords to the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd century. (04/18/1915)
- Order of St. Vladimir 2 nd Art. with swords (04/27/1915)
Links
- Wadensherna, Torsten Karlovich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War."
- General Wadensherna Torsten Karlovich
Literature
- Deryabin A. The White Army in the North of Russia. 1918-1920 - M .: LLC "Eastern Horizon", 2002. - ISBN 5-88879-029 (err.)