Dmitry Sergeyevich Vsevolozhsky (1874-1918) - commander of the Life Guards of the 2nd Rifle Regiment , hero of the First World War, Major General.
| Dmitry Sergeevich Vsevolozhsky | ||||
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| Date of Birth | June 10 (22), 1874 | |||
| Date of death | October 24, 1918 ( 44) | |||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | |||
| Rank | major general | |||
| Battles / wars | World War I | |||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards
- 3 notes
- 4 Sources
Biography
The son of Lieutenant General Sergey Sergeyevich Vsevolozhsky.
He graduated from the Polotsk Cadet Corps (1891) and the 2nd Military Konstantinovsky School (1893) [1] , from where he was released as second lieutenant to the 10th Grenadier Little Russian Regiment .
He was later transferred to the Life Guards Lithuanian Regiment . He was promoted to lieutenant on December 6, 1897 [2] , to staff captains on December 6, 1901 [3] , and to captains on December 6, 1905 [4] . May 27, 1909 was transferred to the 8th Finland Rifle Regiment Lieutenant Colonel [5] .
October 5, 1913 promoted to colonel with the transfer to the 6th Finland Rifle Regiment [6] , with which he entered the First World War . Granted by St. George's Arms
| Because, commanding the 6th Finland Rifle Regiment, in a battle near the village of Jurizdika on September 18, 1914, being outflanked by the superior enemy forces from the right flank, he gathered a reserve, personally went over to the counter-attack, brought it to a bayonet strike and under a destructive enemy fire knocked him over. |
On January 31, 1915 he was appointed commander of the 255th Akkerman Infantry Regiment. Awarded the Order of St. George 4th degree
| For the fact that in the battle of September 4, 1915 on the river. Versoke, when the Germans, after a strong hurricane artillery fire that destroyed our wire fences and leveled the trenches with the ground, seized part of the trenches of the 2nd battalion of the regiment, hastily sent their regimental reserve to the threatened point, and, ahead of the last, arrived at the retreating companies 2 of the 1st battalion, put them in order, encouraged and held them in place until the reserve approached, after which he personally led the assembled units into the attack, knocked out the Germans from the occupied trenches, threw them back over the river with huge losses for them, and thereby secured zitsii not only regiment, but the whole division. |
On September 30, 1916 he was appointed commander of the Life Guards 2nd Tsarskoye Selo Rifle Regiment , and on December 6 of the same year he was promoted to Major General “ for distinction in service ”, with approval in office. In 1917, he commanded the brigade of the Guards Rifle Division .
In the Civil War he participated in the White Movement as part of the Volunteer Army . From November 25, 1918 - in the Kiev center of the Volunteer Army, from October 10 of the same year - in the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief. He died.
Rewards
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. (1907)
- Order of St. Stanislav , 2nd art. (VP 6.12.1912)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with swords and bow (VP 16.05.1915)
- St. George's Arms (VP 10.06.1915)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd art. with swords (VP 24.06.1915)
- The highest favor " for differences in matters against the enemy " (VP 13.11.1915)
- Order of St. Anne, 2nd art. with swords (VP 30.04.1916)
- Order of St. George 4th Art. (VP 11/14/1916)
- seniority with the rank of colonel since December 6, 1910 (VP 8.06.1916)
Notes
- ↑ History of the “nobles” and “Konstantinovites” 1807-1907. - SPb., 1908. - S. 36.
- ↑ The highest orders of the War Department to No. 373 // Scout . - SPb. , 1897. - S. 1102 .
- ↑ The highest orders of the War Department to No. 582 // Scout . - SPb. , 1901. - S. 1129 .
- ↑ The highest orders of the War Department to No. 791 // Scout . - SPb. , 1905. - S. 964 .
- ↑ The highest orders of the War Department to No. 971 // Scout . - SPb. , 1909. - S. 210 .
- ↑ The highest orders of the War Department to No. 1198 // Scout . - SPb. , 1913 .-- S. 400 .
Sources
- Volkov S.V. Generality of the Russian Empire. Encyclopedic dictionary of generals and admirals from Peter I to Nicholas II. T. Volume 1. AK. - M., 2009.
- Klepov M. Yu. Officers - St. George Knights of the First World War. - M .: "Past", 2015.
- Vsevolozhsky, Dmitry Sergeevich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".