Alexander Matveevich Grekov ( 1832 [1] [2] or August 1, 1839 [3] [4] [5] , the village of Lugansk - February 20, 1917 , Novocherkassk [3] [5] ) - a cavalry general .
| Alexander Matveevich Grekov | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Cossack | ||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | or | ||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | |||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1858-1910 | ||||||||||||
| Rank |  cavalry general | ||||||||||||
| Awards and prizes |
| ||||||||||||
Content
Biography
Came from the noblemen of the Don Don region, a Cossack of the village of Lugansk Donetsk district [3] [5] .
In 1858 he graduated from the Mikhailovsky Artillery School , served as an ensign in the Life Guards of the Don Battery [1] . After graduating from the Mikhailovsky Artillery Academy (1861), he served at the headquarters of the general-feltscheyhmester [3] , from October 21, 1863 to October 9, 1865 he taught in the class of Don officers [1] [3] .
Since 1866 - commander of the 2nd Division of the Guards Battery [1] . From April 17, 1869 - the military esaul of the Don Cossack Army, then he served in the Life Guards Cossack Regiment (30.8.1870 - 12.6.1877) [3] , since 1874 - a member of the committee of irregular troops [1] . In 1877 he was enlisted in the army [1] , from 1878 he served in the Life Guards Consolidated Cossack Regiment [3] . Since June 7, 1882 [3] - an assistant to the chairman of the regional army of the Don Order of Public Charity, since 1888 - a member of the committee for the revision of Cossack statutes [1] . On June 2, 1893, he was appointed assistant, and on January 31, 1903, he was senior assistant for the civilian part of the military ataman [1] [3] . On August 4, 1910, he retired with the production of generals from the cavalry [1] [3] [5] .
- Military Ranks [3]
- 11.30.1859 second lieutenant
- 9.9.1861 lieutenant
- 4.4.1865 headquarters captain (30.8.1870 renamed headquarters captains)
- 8.4.1873 captain
- 13.4.1875 Colonel
- 6.5.1885 major general [4]
- 14.5.1896 Lieutenant General [1] [4]
- 4.8.1910 general of the cavalry.
He participated in the compilation of the "New Systematic Collection of Government Orders on Cossack Troops" (1878). Among his publications (pseudonym Cossack [2] ) [1] :
- Military service of the Don Cossack army in the past and present // Military. Sat - 1876.
- A note on Don equestrian artillery // Art. Jour. - 1867.
He was buried in Novocherkassk [3] [5] .
Family
Grandfather - Pyotr Matveevich Grekov (1762-1817 / 1818) - major general, associate of A. V. Suvorov , participant in the Napoleonic Wars [1] .
Father - Matvey Petrovich Grekov [5] .
Wife - Maria Tabari [5] .
Rewards
- Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art.
- Order of St. Anne 3rd Art.
- Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd Art.
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th Art.
- Order of St. Anne, 2nd Art.
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd Art.
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st Art.
- Order of St. Anne 1st Art.
- Order of St. Vladimir 2nd art.
- Persian Order of Leo and the Sun 1st Art.
- Bukhara Order of the Golden Star 1st Art.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Military Encyclopedia .
- ↑ 1 2 Grekov Alexander Matveevich . ENI "Dictionary of Aliases . " Fundamental electronic library “Russian literature and folklore”. Date of treatment January 17, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 White Russia .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Grekov Alexander Matveevich . List of general ranks of the Russian imperial army and navy: Gom – Gre . Generals of the Russian imperial army and navy. Date of treatment January 17, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rodovod .
- ↑ Sizenko A., Fedichev V., Cherepakhin V. Lists of generals, headquarters and chief officers of the village of Lugansk XVIII century - 1920 // We are Don Cossacks: Documents, facts, essays on the history of the village of Lugansk XVII - XX centuries. - 2nd ed., Rev. and add. - Lugansk: Globus, 2008 .-- S. 79. - ISBN 966-95527-7-2 .
Literature
- Grekov, Alexander Matveevich // Gimry - Engines for ships. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-va I. D. Sytin , 1912. - S. 466-467. - ( Military Encyclopedia : [in 18 vol.] / Edited by K. I. Velichko [and others ]; 1911-1915, v. 8).
- Grekov Alexander Matveyevich, Lieutenant General // State Archive of the Rostov Region. F. 162. Unit hr 73 (Date: 1824-1914).
Links
- Alexander Matveevich Grekov at the Rodovod . Tree of ancestors and descendants
- Grekov Alexander Matveevich . White Russia: socio-historical club (December 7, 2013). Date of treatment January 17, 2017.