Konstantin Afinasyevich Bokin ( July 21 ( August 2 ), 1891 , Orenburg - 1939 , Harbin ) - military foreman , commander of the Orenburg 20th Cossack regiment division, awarded with the golden St. George weapon and the Order of St. George for bravery in the fight against the Bolsheviks.
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| Affiliation |  Russian Empire →White movement | ||||||
| Type of army | Orenburg Cossack Host | ||||||
| Rank | military foreman | ||||||
| Commanded | Division of the 20th Orenburg Regiment | ||||||
| Battles / Wars | First World , Civil War | ||||||
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| Retired | clerk | ||||||
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Biography
Konstantin Bokin was born on July 21 ( August 2 ), 1891 in Orenburg in the family of court counselor Athanasius Bokin. He graduated from the Orenburg gymnasium, and then, in 1913 - the Kazan Military School (in the first category). In 1913 he received the rank of second lieutenant and from August 1913 he was enrolled in the Largo-Kagul 191st Infantry Regiment . In July 1914 he was assigned on mobilization to Samara , where he acted as an orderly for the head of the 83rd infantry division . From mid-August 1914 took part in the First World War . In November 1914, he was transferred to the 331th Orsk Infantry Regiment, and a year later he became the chief officer for assignments at the headquarters of the 83rd Infantry Division [1] .
In 1916 he became a lieutenant and was assigned to the Orenburg Cossack troops . From July 1917 he was appointed junior officer and head of the economy of the 6th Battery of the 83rd Artillery Brigade. He was demobilized on March 15, 1918 with the rank of centurion , but already on July 14, due to the beginning of the Civil War , he was mobilized and ended up in the Sakmar Horse Regiment, where he was seconded [1] . In August of the same year, he became staff captain , and with seniority from 1916 [2] he was the temporary executor of the affairs of the head of the weapon. In 1919 he served in the II Orenburg Cossack Corps, was the assistant commander for the rifle unit of the Orenburg 20th Cossack regiment. He became the commander of the division, received the rank of military sergeant [1] . Bokin is one of only two Orenburg Cossacks - along with military foreman Petr Shnyrov , who died in May 1919 - who received two St. George awards at the time of the Civil War [3] .
At the end of the Civil War was in exile in Manchuria . In 1936–1937, he worked as a clerk of the partnership of the Tsynddel company in Harbin . He died in 1939 [1] .
Awards
- Order of St. Anne, 4 degrees: “for courage” (1914) [4]
- Order of St. Stanislav 3 degrees with swords and bow (1915)
- Order of St. Anne 3 degrees with swords and bow
- Order of St. Stanislav 2 degree (1916)
- St. George’s Weapon (1919): “for being in battle on March 10, 1919, under the Lysov Farm, commanding the walking division ... drawing an example of personal courage ... brought hundreds to the bayonet and on the shoulders of the enemy broke into the Lysov Farm and further into the Bikhteyev / Bikteev Farm \, where he captured one operating machine gun, 40 prisoners and 150 rifles. With the occupation of Lysov and Bikhteyev farms, the battle took a decisive turn in our favor ” [5] [6] [7]
- Order of St. George of 4 degrees (1919): “because in battle on May 14, 1919, at the farm of Bikteyev, when under the onslaught of superior enemy forces, our units retreated from their positions, being advanced with their division to save the situation ... attacked ... hand-to-hand combat ... our retreating units went on the offensive and not only regained their positions, but advanced ... forward, taking the village of Nezhinskaya and Alabaster Mountain " [1] [8] [9]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Ganin, Semenov, 2007 , p. 124.
- ↑ Decree of the Troop Government, 1918 .
- ↑ Ganin, Semenov, 2007 , p. 667.
- ↑ Scout, 1915 .
- ↑ Ganin, Semenov, 2007 , p. 125
- ↑ Kolchak, 1919a .
- ↑ Russian Army from 12.10, 1919 .
- ↑ Kolchak, 1919b .
- ↑ Russian Army of 10/19/1919 .
Literature
- Ganin A.V. , Semenov V.G. Bokin Konstantin Afanasyevich // Officer corps of the Orenburg Cossack army. 1891-1945: Biographical directory. - M .: Russian way; Library-fund "Russian abroad", 2007. - p. 124-125. - 676 s. - ISBN 978-5-85887-259-7 .
- Ganin A.V. St. George Awards in the Orenburg Cossack Army // Siberia during the Civil War: Materials of the Intern. scientific conf. Kemerovo, February 6-7, 2007 / [total. ed. S.A. Moiseenko]. - Kemerovo: State Educational Institution "KRIRPO", 2007. - p. 67-70. - 231 s.
- Shabanov V.M. Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and George the Victorious. Nominal lists 1769-1920. (Bibliographical reference) . - M .: Russian World, 2004. - 922 p. - 3000 copies - ISBN 5-89577-059-2 .
- A. Kolchak. Order of the Supreme Ruler and Supreme Commander of all land and sea armed forces of Russia. - Omsk, 1919. - September 10th.
- A. Kolchak. Order of the Supreme Ruler and Supreme Commander of all land and sea armed forces of Russia. - Omsk, 1919. - September 22.
- Decree of the Military Government of the Orenburg Cossack Army. - Omsk, 1918. - August 31 ( No. 126 ).
- Order // Russian Army. - 1919. - October 19 ( No. 226 ).
- Order // Russian Army. - 1919. - October 12 ( No. 221 ).
- Highest Orders for the War Department // Scout / Editor-publisher V. A. Berezovsky . - Pg. Type Trenke and Fyusno, 1915. - № 1264 . - S. 4 '[ext.] .
- Archive sources
- RGVA . F. 40327. Op. 1. D. 56.