Leo Lukyanovich Tikhovsky ( 1760 - 18 [30] January 1810 ; Olginsky cordon, Kuban ) - military colonel of the Black Sea Cossack army . Heroically died in the battle with the Highlanders in the defense of the Cossack villages.
| Leo Lukyanovich Tikhovsky | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1760 |
| Date of death | January 18 (30), 1810 |
| Place of death | Olginsky cordon, Kuban |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire |
| Type of army | Cossack troops |
| Years of service | 1789-1810 |
| Rank | military colonel |
| Commanded | 4th Horse Black Sea Cossack Regiment Olginsky cordon of the 3rd part of the Black Sea cordon line |
| Battles / wars | Russian-Turkish war (1787-1791) Persian Campaign (1796) Caucasian wars |
Biography
Leo Tikhovsky was born in the family of a colonel. On April 10 (22), 1789, a Cossack entered military service. In September of the same year, during the Russo-Turkish War, he participated in the assault and capture of the castle of Hadzhibey , and the next month he was already made a coronet . Also that year, he took part in the capture of the Akkerman fortress on October 27 ( November 7 ) and the Bender fortress on November 4 (15) . December 11 (22), 1790 participated in the assault on Ishmael . In May 1791 he was promoted to the rank of Yesaul . In 1796, Tikhovsky took part in the Persian campaign .
Later Tikhovsky served for a long time on the Black Sea cordon line . He participated in numerous battles with the Zakuban Circassians (Circassians) both on the border and in campaigns ( reprisals ) against them. In October 1804, Tikhovsky received a gold watch as a reward from the hands of Emperor Alexander I for distinction in the battle of Nagoya. On February 3 (15), 1809, Tikhovsky was promoted to military colonel. At that time, the commander of the 4th cavalry regiment of the Black Sea. He was appointed head of the Olginsky cordon, which was part of the 3rd part of the Black Sea cordon line .
On January 18 (30), 1810, about 4 thousand Circassians invaded Russian borders near the Olginsky post. Despite the large number of the enemy who passed his post in order to destroy precisely the Cossack villages, Tikhovsky with two hundred Cossacks and one 3-pound cannon left the cordon and attacked the highlanders himself. Within 4 hours Tikhovsky with his detachment held back a significant part of them. Only after the Cossacks ran out of ammunition, "the Highlanders crushed their small mass Cossack squad . " Tikhovsky himself, like almost his entire detachment, was chopped off by the mountaineers, who after that went back beyond the Kuban .
Memory
- In honor of Leo Tikhovsky named - Tikhovsky farm (now in the Krasnoarmeysky district of the Krasnodar Territory ) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ Tikhov commemoration: "... He will count this battle in heaven" . Information agency "VK Press" .
Literature
- Bondarenko V.V. The Battle of the Olginsky Cordon: Leo Tikhovsky (January 18, 1810) // 100 Great Feats of Russia / Ed. N. M. Smirnov . - M .: Veche, 2011 .-- (100 great). - ISBN 978-5-9533-5509-4 .
- Matveev O. V. , Frolov B. E. Pages of the military history of the Kuban Cossacks: on the 310th anniversary of the ministry of the Kuban Cossacks to the Russian state . - Krasnodar: Prospects for Education, 2007. - 388 p. - ISBN 978-5-93749-075-9 .
- Ass I.D. , Korolenko P.P. Black Sea Cossacks. - M .: Veche, 2014 .-- 400 p. - (History of the Cossacks). - ISBN 978-5-4444-1918-2 .
- Potto V.A. Tikhovsky's death // The Caucasian War in separate essays, episodes, legends and biographies: in 5 volumes . - 2nd ed. - SPb. : Type. E. Evdokimova , 1887. - T. 1 : From ancient times to Yermolov. - S. 647–652.
- TkachenkoP.I. On the Olginsky cordon . - M .: Capital City, 2000.
- Turenka A. M. Historical notes on the Black Sea army . - K .: Type. A. Davidenko , 1887 .-- 149 p. (the same - " Kiev antiquity ", 1887)
- Shcherbina F.A. History of the Kuban Cossack army: in 2 parts . - Ekaterinodar: Pechatnik, 1913. - T. 2. - 848 p.
- Shcherbina F.A. Heroic death of Tikhovsky and his 146 associates // Cossack heroes and ascetics. - Prague: Common. study of the Cossacks, 1930. - S. 7-10.
- Scherbina F.A., Felitsyn E.D. Fight against mountaineers and its characteristic episodes // Kuban Cossacks and its chieftains. - M .: Veche, 2007 .-- 320 p. - (History of the Cossacks). - ISBN 978-5-9533-2477-9 .