Serbin, Yuri Vladimirovich

From the hereditary nobles of the Volyn province ^[1] .

He graduated from the 1st Moscow Cadet Corps (1905) and the Konstantinovsky Artillery School (1908), from where he was released as a second lieutenant in the 23rd Horse-Artillery Battery. Manufactured on assignments on September 3, 1910 ^[2] .

On November 14, 1911 he was transferred to the Caucasian Horse-Mountain Artillery Division ^[3] , with which he entered the First World War . For military distinctions he was awarded several orders, including the Order of St. Anne of the 4th degree with the inscription "for courage." He was promoted to staff captain on November 3, 1915 " for his length of service ." In 1917, he successfully completed the 2½-month preparatory courses of the Nikolaev Military Academy . He was promoted to captain on June 27, 1917 ^[4] .

With the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the detachment of Colonel Pokrovsky in the Kuban. Participated in the 1st Kuban campaign at the headquarters of the Kuban detachment. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel , from July 24, 1918 he was appointed chief of staff of the 1st Kuban Cossack Division . On June 15, 1919 - in the same position, Colonel. In November 1919 he was appointed general for assignments under the commander of the Caucasian Army , then served in the headquarters of the Don Army . In the Russian army, he was the chief of staff of the horse corps of General Babiev . After the evacuation of Crimea, it was on the island of Lemnos .

In exile in Yugoslavia, he lived in Sarajevo . He served in the local branch of the military department. He was a member of the board of the Union of Pioneers, as well as a member of the Society of Artillery Officers and the Society of Officers of the General Staff. During the Second World War, he served in the Russian Corps : on May 1, 1942 - adjutant of the 3rd battalion of the 1st regiment, in 1943 - adjutant of the 2nd battalion of the same regiment (with the rank of lieutenant), in 1944 - adjutant 1 4th battalion of the 4th regiment. From April 1944 he served in the 1st Cossack Regiment, in November 1944 - assistant commander of the reserve company of the Belgrade battalion (with the rank of lieutenant). He was wounded near Derventa . After the war he moved to Argentina. He was a regular contributor to the magazine Chasovoy , where he posted a number of articles of a military-historical nature.

Wife - Emilia Vladimirovna, their sons:

• Vladimir (1914-1994), graduated from the First Russian Cadet Corps (1932), architect. Died in Toronto.
• Boris (1918-1989), graduated from the First Russian Cadet Corps (1937). After the Second World War, in Argentina.

• Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art. (VP 03.17.1913)
• Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd art. with swords (VP ​​19.05.1915)
• Order of St. Anne 4th Art. with the inscription "for courage" (VP 19.05.1915)
• Order of St. Anne, 3rd art. with swords and bow (VP 23.06.1915)
• swords and bow to the Order of St. Stanislav 3rd art. (VP 05.16.1916)
• Order of St. Anne, 2nd art. with swords (VP ​​16.12.1916)

• The troubled days in the Kuban. - Belgrade, 1924.
• About intelligence. // Sentinel, Nos. 410, 411, 415, 416. - 1960-1961.

• Volkov S.V., Strelyanov (Kalabukhov) P.N. Chins of the Russian Corps: a biographical guide in photographs. - M., 2009.
• Nechaev S. Yu. Russians in Latin America. - M .: Veche, 2010.
• Serbin, Yuri Vladimirovich (neopr.) . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".