Vladimir Nikolaevich Verevkin ( July 14 ( 26 ), 1821 - January 13 ( 25 ), 1896 ) - Russian military leader, general from infantry (1886), distinguished himself during the Crimean War . In the years 1863-1867. Vitebsk military governor. The father of the artist Marianna Verevkina .
| Vladimir Nikolaevich Verevkin | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | July 14 (July 26 ) 1821 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Moscow Russian empire | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | January 13 (January 25 ) 1896 ( 74) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Saint Petersburg Russian empire | ||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | ||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1840-1896 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | general from infantry | ||||||||||||||||
| Commanded | Yekaterinburg Infantry Regiment , 16th Infantry Division , 36th Infantry Division 4th Army Corps , 14th Army Corps | ||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | Hungarian campaign of 1849 , Crimean war The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 | ||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Vladimir Verevkin was born in the city of Moscow in the family of General Nikolai Nikitich Verevkin . His brother Alexander was a major general and fought with honors with the highlanders in the Caucasus.
At the end of the Page Corps , on July 22, 1840, the ensign in the Life Guards Izmailovsky Regiment was released.
He took part in the Hungarian campaign of 1849 , and during the Eastern War he was first part of the Podolsk Jäger Regiment and took part in affairs near Silistria , and then, from April 1855, commanding the Yekaterinburg Infantry Regiment , he took an active part in the defense of Sevastopol . On August 27, 1855, when the enemy attacked the Schwartz redoubt , General Khrushchev called out Verevkin from the reserve, who, with two companies of his regiment and regiments Zhytomyr and Minsk , repelled the attack and greatly facilitated the prepared retreat of the army from Sevastopol . Wounded by two gun bullets, on January 12, 1856, Verevkin was awarded the Order of St. George , 4th class:
| “In retaliation for the difference made in defending the city of Sevastopol, where, for 3 months, he successfully defended the right flank of the II Branch of the defensive line, and on August 27, 1855, being near the redoubt of Schwartz, when the enemy took possession of it, he rushed with 2 companies entrusted "he regained hostility against the enemy and, together with the arrivals, pushed him out of the redoubt, taking a significant number of prisoners.” |
The Crimean War brought Verevkin other awards: the Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree with a bow (1854) and St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with swords and a bow (1855).
On May 20, 1863, Verevkin was promoted to major general and appointed Vitebsk military governor, who held his post until July 1867, in 1866 he was awarded the Order of St. Stanislav of the 1st degree.
In January - April 1868 he commanded the 16th Infantry Division . In April 1868 he was appointed commander of the local forces of the Vilna Military District . On this post on March 28, 1871 he was promoted to lieutenant general and awarded the orders of St. Vladimir of the 2nd degree (1873) and the White Eagle (1876).
In November 1876 he took command of the 36th Infantry Division . During the war with Turkey in 1877-1878 he continued to command this division and a special detachment, consisting of 12 small vessels, for operation in the Danube .
In 1878, he was appointed commander of the 4th and then the 14th Army Corps, with whom he became part of the occupation detachment in Bulgaria , was awarded the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky with swords [1] , and in 1883 received diamond badges to this order.
In 1885, Verevkin was appointed a member of the Alexander Committee on the Wounded , and in 1887, and commandant of the Peter and Paul Fortress , where he was buried.
Rewards
Russian Empire:
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. with bow (1854)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with swords and bow (1855)
- Golden semi-saber “For courage” (1855)
- Order of St. George 4th Art. (12.01.1856)
- Insignia for the XV years of immaculate service (1857);
- Order of St. Stanislav , 2nd art. (1859)
- Order of St. Anne , 2nd art. with the imperial crown and swords over the order (1861)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd art. (1864)
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st Art. (1866)
- Order of St. Anne 1st Art. (1869)
- Order of St. Vladimir , 2nd art. (1873)
- Order of the White Eagle (1876).
- Order of St. Alexander Nevsky with swords (01/14/1878, diamond signs were granted on 05/15/1883)
- Insignia for XL years of immaculate service (1884);
- Insignia for L years of immaculate service (1892);
- Order of St. Vladimir 1st Art. (1893)
Foreign countries:
- Order of the Cross of the 1st Art. (1892, Serbia )
- Order of the Noble Bukhara with diamonds (1893, Bukhara Emirate )
- Order of Prince Daniel I , 1st Art. (1894, Montenegro )
Ranking Production
- Ensign (07/22/1840)
- Second Lieutenant (12/06/1842)
- Lieutenant (12/06/1844)
- Headquarters Captain (04/11/1848)
- Captain (12/06/1852)
- Renamed Lieutenant Colonel (03/30/1853)
- Colonel (08/30/1855, for distinction)
- Major General (05/20/1863)
- Lieutenant General (03/28/1871)
- General from Infantry (08/30/1886)
Family
He was married to Elizabeth Petrovna Daragan (1834–1885), the daughter of General Peter Daragan from his marriage to Anna Balugyanskaya . According to a contemporary, “Mrs. Verevkina was the best [2] , brunette, sheer classical beauty, with antique features, lush shoulders, smart, large, black eyes, tall, slim and, as the French say,“ royal posture ”. She was more educated and more serious than her younger sisters ” [3] . She was engaged in icon painting and portraiture. I had children in marriage:
- Marianne (1860-1938), a famous artist.
- Peter (1862-1946), Governor of Coven and Vilnius.
- Vsevolod (1872-1924), married, left offspring.
Notes
- ↑ The Order was granted " as a reward for the excellent courage and courage shown during the military operations near the city of Sulin on September 27 and 28, 1877. "
- ↑ Photo by E.P. Verevkina
- ↑ From the memoirs of E.I. Raevskaya // Russian Archive. 1896. Issue 1-4.- S. 232.
Sources
- Verevkin, Vladimir Nikolaevich // Military Encyclopedia : [in 18 vol.] / Ed. V.F. Novitsky [et al.]. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-va I. D. Sytin , 1911-1915.
- Verevkin, Vladimir Nikolaevich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- List of generals by seniority for 1886. SPb., 1886.
- List to the generals by seniority. Done on September 1, 1894. SPb., Military printing house (In the building of the General Staff Building) 1894.P. 37.
- Government orders. Highest rewards. // Illustrated Chronicle of War. Appendix to the “ World Illustration ”: magazine. - 1878. - No. 74 . - S. 227 .