Pyotr Makarovich Gubkin (1893-1961) - participant in the White Movement in southern Russia , commander of the Don Cossack units, major general.
| Pyotr Makarovich Gubkin | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1893 |
| Date of death | August 29, 1961 |
| Place of death | Zemun , Yugoslavia |
| Affiliation |  Russian Empire White movement |
| Rank | major general |
| Battles / Wars | World War I Civil War |
| Awards and prizes |  |
Biography
Don Cossack.
After the outbreak of World War I, he entered the Novocherkassk Cossack School , at the end of the crash course in which he was graduated in 1915 as an ensign in the 12th Don Cossack Regiment . It was produced in the cornet on February 13, 1916 , in the centurions - on August 8, 1917.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the partisan detachment of Colonel Semiletov , then in the Don Army . On January 31, 1919 - he arrived at the 80th Cossack Cavalry Regiment, on November 15, 1919 - the colonel of the 45th Platovskaya Horse Regiment. In late 1919 - early 1920, he was the commander of the 48th cavalry regiment, in the Russian army reorganized into the 6th Don Cossack Regiment. On May 1, 1920 he was appointed commander of this regiment. Awarded the Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
| For the fact that, commanding the 6th Don Ermakovsky Horse Regiment, in the battle on June 15 this year at the village of Eliseevka, with a swift strike in the equestrian system, defeated the brigade of the 40th Infantry Division, capturing 600 Red Army soldiers and 25 machine guns. On the same day, in the battle near the village of Andreevka, when the combat unit of the division was suddenly attacked from both flanks of the 4th and 5th cavalry brigades of the 40th Infantry Division, it hit the center of the battle formation of the enemy with a swift strike in the horse formation, and then quickly turned right, knocked over the bypassing units and with this brought the warhead of his division out of a critical position. In the battle on June 21 in the Mikhailovka-Franztal area, when from the side of count. The green two regiments of infantry and a regiment of red cavalry with 3 guns and 2 armored vehicles launched an offensive, threatening the right flank and the rear of the division, Colonel Gubkin, at the head of his regiment, skillfully maneuvering the Red infantry to flank the reserve hundreds of his regiment and overthrew it with a friendly dashing horse attack, hacking up to 150 people and capturing more than 200 prisoners. Following this, attacked by the Red cavalry with the support of the car, Colonel Gubkin went on the counter-attack and threw the armored car and the Red cavalry to flight for the village. Green |
He was evacuated from the Crimea on the ship "Tsesarevich George". In 1921 he was promoted to major general . In exile in Yugoslavia. He died in 1961 in Zemun. Buried in a local cemetery.
Awards
- Order of St. Anne 4th Art. with the inscription "for courage" (VP 15.09.1916)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with swords and bow (VP 25.11.1916)
- Order of St. Anne, 3rd art. with swords and bow (Order to the Great Don Army No. 278, January 31, 1919)
- Order of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker (Order of the All-Union Judiciary Union No. 176, July 19, 1920)
Sources
- Army and Fleet of Free Russia , No. 195. Official Division. - August 23, 1917 - S. 2.
- Great Russia, No. 70 (482). - July 24, 1920 - S. 2.
- Volkov S.V. White movement. Encyclopedia of Civil War. - St. Petersburg: "Neva", 2002. - S. 146.
- Venkov A.V., Zubkov V.N. Don Army. Organizational structure and command structure. 1917-1920 Issue 3. - Rostov-on-Don, 2016. - SS. 376, 393.
- Venkov A.V. Don army. Organizational structure and command structure. 1917-1920 Issue 4. - Rostov-on-Don, 2018 .-- S. 110.