Boris Ivanovich Khoroshkhin (1883-1940) - Russian officer, hero of the First World War. Member of the White Movement , Major General.
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| Date of Birth | June 24 ( July 6 ) 1883 | |||
| Place of Birth | Elisavetgrad , Kherson province | |||
| Date of death | January 27, 1940 (56 years old) | |||
| Place of death | Mandelieu-La-Napoule , France | |||
| Affiliation |  Russian Empire White movement | |||
| Rank | major general | |||
| Battles / wars | World War I , Civil War | |||
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Biography
Cossack of the village of the Ural Ural region , the son of officer Ivan Pavlovich Khoroshkhin.
He graduated from the Orenburg Neplyuyev cadet corps (1901) and the Konstantinovsky artillery school (1903), in the 6th artillery brigade , which included in the Russo-Japanese war . For military distinction he was awarded two orders. It was made on assignments on September 1, 1906 [1] . On November 25, 1906 he was transferred to the 9th artillery brigade [2] , where he was a brigade adjutant [3] . He was promoted to headquarters captain on September 3, 1910 [4] .
He entered the First World War as part of the 9th artillery brigade. Awarded the Order of St. George 4th degree
| For the fact that on April 26, 1915 in the battle of with. When the infantry departed from the position near the Stodolin Folvark, Lenochki remained with one gun at the position near this Folvark and, sacrificing himself, shot at the advancing columns to the last cartridge, which delayed their advance and allowed his infantry to withdraw. |
He was promoted to captain on July 30, 1915 " for differences in matters against the enemy ." On July 16, 1916 he was appointed commander of the 3rd battery of the 117th separate light artillery division. On July 29, 1916 he was appointed commander of the 1st battery of the 9th artillery brigade, and on January 15, 1917 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel " for differences in matters against the enemy, " with approval in office.
By 1922, in exile in Yugoslavia, was a member of the Society of Knights of the Order of St. George. Then he moved to France. In 1931 - assistant to the Ural chieftain, chairman of the Union of ranks of Siberian troops in Paris. He died in 1940 in Mandelieu-la-Napoule .
His son Yuri (d. 1985), graduated from the First Russian Cadet Corps (1928), in exile in France, was buried in the cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois [5] .
Rewards
- Order of St. Anne 4th Art. with the inscription "for courage" (VP 15.12.1905)
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art. with swords and bow (VP 5.10.1906)
- Order of St. Anne, 3rd art.
- Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd art. with swords (VP 21.01.1915)
- swords and bow to the Order of St. Anne 3rd art. (VP 02.14.1915)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with swords and bow (2.03.1915)
- Order of St. George 4th Art. (VP 20.11.1915)
- seniority with the rank of captain from August 10, 1911 (VP 7.12.1916)
Notes
- ↑ The highest orders of the War Department to No. 829 // Scout . - SPb. , 1906. - S. 678 .
- ↑ The highest orders of the War Department to No. 841 // Scout . - SPb. , 1906. - S. 913 .
- ↑ Reference book on the Poltava province for 1908. - Poltava, 1908. - S. 28.
- ↑ The highest orders of the War Department to No. 1038 // Scout . - SPb. , 1910. - S. 370 .
- ↑ Historian S.V. Volkov. Database "Participants of the White Movement in Russia" for January 2016. Letter X.
Sources
- Klepov M. Yu. Officers - St. George Knights of the First World War. - M .: "Past", 2015.