Peter A. Derevitsky ( March 10 (22), 1854 [1] , Vodyano-Mikhaylovka , Bobrinetsky district , Kherson province - January 4, 1938 , Maydanpek , Yugoslavia ) - Russian officer - artillery officer , lieutenant-general , participant The Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878 , the First World War , the Civil War (on the side of VSYUR ).
| Petr Aleksandrovich Derevitsky | |||||||||||
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 P. A. Derevitsky with the rank of colonel (c. 1904) | |||||||||||
| Date of Birth | March 10 (22), 1854 | ||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Vodyano-Mikhailovka, Kherson Province | ||||||||||
| Date of death | January 4, 1938 (83 years) | ||||||||||
| Place of death | Maydanpek (Yugoslavia) | ||||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||||||
| Type of army | artillery | ||||||||||
| Rank |  lieutenant general lieutenant general | ||||||||||
| Commanded | The 33rd Artillery Brigade (1910–1915) | ||||||||||
| Battles / Wars | Russian-Turkish War (1877–1878) , World War I , Russian Civil War | ||||||||||
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Biography
Born in the family of a landowner, the provincial secretary Alexander Andreyevich and Maria Aristarkhovna Derevitsky.
Service
In 1877 he graduated from the Second Military Konstantinovsky School [2] . Released by an ensign in the artillery brigade of the 32nd Infantry Division . He participated in the Russian-Turkish war .
In 1886 he graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff (in the second category) [2] . He served as a staff captain in the 37th Artillery Brigade ( 37th Infantry Division ). He was seconded to the Mikhailovsky Artillery School .
He graduated from the officer artillery school .
In 1899-1904 he commanded the 4th Battery of the 23rd Artillery Brigade ( 23rd Infantry Division ).
In the years 1904-1910 with the rank of colonel , assigned "for distinction", he commanded successively the divisions of the 36th, 59th and 68th artillery brigades and the 4th reserve artillery brigade [3] .
In the years 1910-1915 - Major General ("for the difference"), the commander of the 33rd Artillery Brigade ( 33rd Infantry Division ) [4] , stationed in Kiev .
Took part in the First World War . From March 1915 - in the position of artillery inspector of the 31st Army Corps [5] .
Participated in the Civil War on the side of the white movement (in the Armed Forces of the South of Russia ).
Emigration
Peter Alexandrovich Derevitsky was evacuated in late 1919 - early 1920. From 1920 he lived in Yugoslavia , was a member of the Society of artillery officers [6] . Derevitsky died in 1938 in Maydanpek .
Family
Peter Alexandrovich and his wife Marionilla Moritsevna, the daughter of merchant Moritz Wolf, had four children: Alexander (1890–1931 [7] ), Catherine (1892–1981), Alexey (1896–?) And Andrew (? —1931 [8] ). Alexander and Andrei emigrated to Yugoslavia after the revolution, Catherine and Alexey remained in Russia.
Alexey Petrovich Derevitsky - participant of the Great Patriotic War , lieutenant colonel , Commander of the Order of the Patriotic War, I degree. In 1943, commanded the 454th mortar regiment of the 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade .
Notes
- The date is given according to the birth record stored in the archives of the Odessa region. In some publications, another date of birth is indicated: in the book “The Generality of the Russian Empire” by S. Volkov (Moscow, 2010) - February 10, 1857, in the “List of Generals by Seniority ...” (Pg., 1914) - December 10, 1957, in the "List of senior military commanders ..." (St. Petersburg, 1913) - June 29, 1854.
- ↑ 1 2 Ozarovskiy A. E. History “nobility” and “Constantine”. 1807-1907. SPb .: R. Golike and R. Vilborg, 1908.
- ↑ General list of officers of the Russian Imperial Army. Compiled on January 1, 1909. Stlb. 696
- ↑ List of generals ..., 1914 .
- ↑ Zalessky K.A. Who was who in the First World War. M .: AST, Astrel, 2003. p. 818.
- ↑ Website of the historian S.V. Volkova - 2 base - Members of the White movement in Russia - Alphabetical index of the names mentioned, letter D
- С. Volkov S.V. Officers of the Russian Guard: The experience of the martyrology. M .: Russian way, 2002. p. 164
- С. Volkov S.V. Officers of the army cavalry: the experience of a martyrology. M .: Russian way, 2004. p. 178.
Literature
- Volkov S.V. Derevitsky Peter Alexandrovich // Generalitat Russian Empire: Encyclopedic dictionary of generals and admirals from Peter I to Nicholas II. - M .: Tsentrpoligraf, 2010. - T. 1. - p. 447.
- List of generals by seniority: Compiled on the 15th of April 1914. - Pg. : Military type of. Empress Catherine the Great, 1914. - p. 634.
Links
- Derevitsky, Pyotr Aleksandrovich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War."
- Peter Derevitsky on the genealogical site "Rodovid"