Aleksei Alekseevich Vinokourov (1870-1935) - Russian officer, hero of the First World War, participant in the White Movement.
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| Date of Birth | March 10 (22), 1870 | |||
| Place of Birth | Yekaterinoslav province | |||
| Date of death | March 11, 1935 ( 64) | |||
| A place of death | Nilvange , France | |||
| Affiliation |  Russian Empire White movement | |||
| Rank | Colonel | |||
| Battles / wars | World War I , Civil War | |||
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Biography
From hereditary nobles. A native of Yekaterinoslav province.
He graduated from the Polotsk Cadet Corps (1890) and the Konstantinovsky Military School (1892), from where he was released as second lieutenant to the 118th Shuisky Infantry Regiment . Manufactured on assignments on July 15, 1896.
On January 26, 1897 he was transferred to the administration of the Shenkur district military commander correcting the position of clerk, and on July 4, 1898 he was transferred to the 140th Zaraisk Infantry Regiment with dismissal. He was promoted to headquarters captain on September 12, 1900. He participated in the Russo-Japanese War , for military distinctions he was awarded four orders, promoted to captain on July 12, 1905 (production was approved by the Highest Order of August 5, 1905).
He entered the First World War in the ranks of the 140th Zaraisk Infantry Regiment. Granted by St. George's Arms
| Because, on December 11, 1914, commanding a battalion, he took a decisive flank attack and captured an important point of the enemy’s location in the village of Grotiki-Vel., Captured about 400 people, and held this point until the end of the battle. |
He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 23, 1915 " for the difference in cases against the enemy, " and colonel on December 3 of the same year. He was shell-shocked on August 5, 1916 at the Dombrovka farm and remained in service. January 1, 1917 he was appointed commander of the 418th Infantry Alexander Regiment.
During the Civil War he participated in the White Movement as part of the Armed Forces of the South of Russia and the Russian Army . He was a junior officer, battalion commander, assistant commander, and finally commander of the Bialystok Infantry Regiment . Awarded the Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
| For the fact that in the battle of June 8, 1920 near the count. Karlsruhe, personally managing the actions of the warhead of the regiment, captured the village with a swift attack. Novo-Bogdanovka, cut off the red train armored train at the station. Fedorovka, which contributed to the capture of this armored train. In the battle of June 9, with a further attack on B. Tokmak, in the possession of vil. Firstenau, leaving on the flank and rear of the Tokmak group of the enemy, made him hurriedly abandon B. Tokmak, and by the evening of the same day, after a brilliant attack, took possession of him. During the period of battles from June 2 to 22, thanks to the skilful guidance of the regiment’s military operations and personal valor, he kept the Schensee-Liebenau region, covered the railway and did not allow the enemy to break through between Art. Stulnevo and B. Tokmakom. |
Gallipoli , in the fall of 1925, was seconded to the 6th artillery division in Bulgaria. In exile in France. He died in 1935 in Nilvange.
Rewards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art. with swords and bow (VP 11.08.1905)
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. with swords and bow (VP 22.12.1905)
- Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd art. with swords (1905)
- Order of St. Anne, 2nd art. with swords (VP 10.01.1906)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art.
- swords and bow to the Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. (VP 02.14.1915)
- Order of St. Anne 4th Art. with the inscription "for courage" (VP 18.03.1915)
- St. George's Arms (VP 23.04.1915)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd art. with swords (VP 09.08.1916)
- Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (Order of the Commander-in-Chief No. 3705, October 7, 1920)
- seniority with the rank of lieutenant colonel since July 15, 1914 (VP 3.06.1916)
Sources
- The highest orders of the War Department to No. 329 // Scout . - SPb. , 1897. - S. 118 .
- The highest orders of the War Department to No. 403 // Scout . - SPb. , 1898 .-- S. 603 .
- The highest orders of the War Department to No. 773 // Scout . - SPb. , 1905.- S. 653 .
- A list of generals, headquarters and chief officers and class officials of the 140th Zaraisk Infantry Regiment. By January 1, 1914. - S. 10 . // In memory of the heroes of the Great War of 1914-1918.
- A list of senior colonels. - Pg., 1916 .-- S. 235.
- Volkov S.V. White movement. Encyclopedia of Civil War. - St. Petersburg: "Neva", 2002. - S. 77.
- Grigorov A.A. Ryazan book in memory of the Great War of 1914-1918. Volume II - Ryazan, 2012.
- Biography on the site "Russian Imperial Army"