Marchenko, Dionisy Andreevich

Dionisy Marchenko was born on October 3 ( 15 ), 1895 in the territory of the Russian Empire . He graduated from teacher seminary and became a teacher ^{[2] [3] [4]} .

With the outbreak of World War I, Marchenko was not subject to mobilization to the front as a people's teacher, but in 1915 he entered the Tiflis Ensign School. At the end of school, he was promoted to ensign and sent to the front with a marching company . Upon arrival in the war zone, Dionisy Andreevich was appointed a junior officer in the 127th Putivl Infantry Regiment . With this part, he was noted in battles in 1916: by the highest order of September 10 ( 23 ), 1916 , Marchenko, who at that time had the rank, second lieutenant, was awarded the Order of St. George of the fourth degree ^{[5] [6]} :

Because in the battle, on May 28, 1916 [according to the old style], he sat down. Dobronouts, commanding a half-company of the second company of the 127th Putivl Infantry Regiment, during the attack on the heavily fortified “458” height, was the first to burst into the enemy’s trenches, captivating his subordinates with his own example and personally taking the trench gun, and prisoners and trophies were taken [7] .

After that, Dionisy Andreevich received a company under his command, and then (temporarily) he became the commander of the third battalion of the 127th (125?) Regiment. Before the February Revolution, in January 1917, he was promoted to lieutenant . Marchenko was injured during the summer offensive .

After the October Revolution, in December 1917, Dionisy Marchenko arrived in the Don, where he joined the Volunteer Army forming there. In January 1918, he became an ordinary in the First Officer Battalion : with this unit, he took part in the First Kuban campaign ; was seriously wounded in a battle near the village of Korenovskaya:

As a result of the wound, due to the onset of gangrene, the right arm had to be amputated in Marchenko’s hospital. Having discharged after lengthy treatment, he arrived in Yekaterinodar in mid-August 1918 and appeared in his regiment: after which he was appointed to the company of General Markov. According to the data for the summer and fall of 1918, he was the staff captain of this company. March 14, 1919 Marchenko received the captain's epaulettes and became commandant of the headquarters of the First Army Corps of the Armed Forces of the South of Russia, commanded by General Kutepov.

In September 1919, Dionisy Andreevich received the post of commander of the second battalion of the First Markov Regiment, and then - and assistant commander of the regiment. On December 22, he was appointed commander of the First Markov Regiment, after which - on March 26, 1920 - he was promoted to colonel . On September 29, 1920, Marchenko was removed from command of the regiment by order of Major General Nikolai Tretyakov ; however, he soon became his commander again. During the evacuation of white troops from the Crimea, he left the peninsula on the ship "Kherson".

Marchenko ended up in exile in Yugoslavia. After the death of Major General Mikhail Peshnya, he temporarily held the post of commander of the Markov Regiment, losing this position to Major General Gabriel Zhdanov . Dionisy Andreevich died in 1968 in Zagreb and was buried in the Mirogoj cemetery with his wife ^[8] .

• Order of St. George 4th degree ^{[5] [9]} : September 10 ( 23 ), 1916

Marchenko left the memoirs, partially published in the magazine “ Sentry ” under the heading “At military posts” (No. 562-573 for 1973).

Dionisy Marchenko was married to Natalya Vladimirovna. There was one son in the family: Yuri (born 1926) - served in the Croatian army , until 1940 he lived in Osek , and in 1945 he moved to Austria ^[10] .

Books

• Volkov S.V. First Kuban ("Icy") campaign. - M .: Centerpolygraph , 2001 .-- 977 p. - (Russia forgotten and unknown). - ISBN 5-227-01285-7 .
• Volkov S.V. White movement. Encyclopedia of Civil War. - SPb. : “Neva”, 2002. - 671 p. - ISBN 5-7654-1810-4 .
• Klepov M. Yu. Officers - St. George Knights of the First World War. - M .: Past, 2015 .-- 790 p. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-905-901-18-8 .
• Shabanov V.M. Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George. Nominal lists 1769-1920. (Bibliographic reference) . - M .: Russian World, 2004 .-- 922 p. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 5-89577-059-2 .
• 1st Markov Regiment: Regiment Commanders // Markov and Markovites / comp. R. G. Gagkuev, H. L. Kalitkina, V. Zh. Tsvetkov. - M .: Sowing , 2001 .-- 604 p. - (White warriors). - ISBN 5-85824-146-8 .
• Pavlov V.E. Markovtsy in battles and campaigns for Russia in the liberation war of 1917-1920: in 2 books. - Paris: Sergey Bereznyak Printing House, 1962-1964. - 796 p.
• Volkov S.V. Dokukin Ivan Pavlovich // Exodus of the Russian Army of General Wrangel from Crimea. - M .: Centerpolygraph , 2003 .-- 712 p. - (Russia forgotten and unknown). - ISBN 5-9524-0607-6 .
• 238. Dionisy Marchenko, Colonel // Album of the Knights of the Order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George and the St. George Arms / ed. Martynov Z.A. - Belgrade: Printing house of the Sovereign Markarnitsa of Yugoslavia, 1935. - 198 p.

Articles and orders

• Order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George of the 4th degree: Dionisy Marchenko // The highest orders on the ranks of the military in 1916: in 12 tons / Nicholas II . - Pg. , 1916. - September 10. - S. 25-26 .
• Marchenko Dionisy Andreevich // St. George Knights of the Great War / Federal Archival Agency . - 2014. - No. 5794 .

Archival Sources

• RGVIA . F. 409. Op. 1. D. p / s 168-107.
• RGVIA . F. 496. Op. 3.D. 1126.

• Volkov S.V. Participants of the White Movement in Russia (letter "M") . Database number 2 (Russian) . On the site of historian S.V. Volkov S. 221 .
• Marchenko Dionisy Andreevich on the site " Socio-historical club" White Russia " "