Georgy Pavlovich Afanasyev ( 1872 , Kherson province -?) - Officer of the Russian Imperial Army , military commander of the Army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic . Member of the White movement . St. George Knight .
| Georgy Pavlovich Afanasyev | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1872 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire Ukraine |
| Type of army | |
| Years of service | - 1917 1918 - 1919 1919 - 1920 |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Battles / wars | World War I , Civil War in Russia |
| Awards and prizes |  |
Biography
He graduated from the Oryol Cadet Corps and the 2nd Military Konstantinovsky School , entered the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff , which he did not graduate from.
As of January 1, 1910, he served as headquarters captain of the 5th Siberian Mortar Park Artillery Division (Spasskoye village). Member of the First World War, was awarded the Order of St. George IV degree. The last rank in the Russian army is Colonel.
In 1917 - commander of the 6th mortar artillery division and artillery inspector of the 2nd Sichovy Zaporizhzhya corps of troops of the Central Rada of the Ukrainian People’s Republic . Since January 1918 - the chief of artillery of the Gaidamatsky Kosh of Sloboda Ukraine . In the spring of 1918, he prepared a Ukrainian textbook for the artillery. In 1918 he served as the head of the training department of the Artillery Inspector of the Army of the Ukrainian State. Since October 1918 - commander of the Serdyutsky artillery regiment of the Army of the Ukrainian State.
In the years 1919-1920. He served in the All-Union Military Union and the Russian Army ; in November 1920, he left Baron P. Wrangel as part of the Crimean Army in Turkey. White emigrant .
Literature
- Tinchenko Y. Ofitsersky corps of the Army of the Ukrainian National People's Republic (1917-1921): Naukove vision. - K .: Tempora, 2007 .-- 536 p. - ISBN 966-8201-26-4 . (Ukrainian)