Fedor Dmitrievich Lebedevich-Draevsky (1866-1926) - commander of the 112th Infantry Division, hero of the First World War, participant in the White Movement, lieutenant general.
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| Date of Birth | December 19 (31), 1866 | ||||
| Place of Birth | Dagestan region | ||||
| Date of death | June 20, 1926 (59 years old) | ||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire White movement | ||||
| Rank | lieutenant general | ||||
| Battles / wars | World War I | ||||
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Biography
Orthodox. From the hereditary nobles of the Kazan province. The son of a retired Major General Dmitry Andreevich Lebedevich-Draevsky (1833-1902).
He graduated from the Pskov Cadet Corps (1884) and the 2nd Military Konstantinovsky School (1886), from where he was released as second lieutenant to the 1st Caucasian Rifle Regiment . He was promoted to lieutenant on February 26, 1890, to staff captains on February 24, 1896 “ for distinction in service, ” and to captains on September 24, 1900. In 1902 he graduated from the Officer Rifle School "successfully."
With the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, he was transferred to the 34th East Siberian Rifle Regiment. He was awarded several orders for military distinctions; on March 3, 1905 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel " for differences in affairs against the Japanese ." On August 5, 1909 he was transferred to the 58th Prague Infantry Regiment . January 28, 1911 promoted to colonel for a vacancy with the transfer to the 57th Modlin Infantry Regiment .
With the outbreak of World War I , on August 16, 1914 he was appointed commander of the 253rd Infantry Perekop Regiment. Awarded the Order of St. George 4th degree
 | For the fact that in the battle of September 24, 1914, having received the order to seize the village of Zdremba, which was heavily occupied by the enemy, after stubborn resistance, by an energetic attack, he forced the Germans to leave this village, which was of great tactical importance to us, and to move further 3-4 versts, after which he provided for himself; On September 26, with a further offensive, despite the enemy’s destructive fire, being in a chain and personally guiding the actions of the regiment, he was shell-shocked in the head, but remained in service. |
Granted by St. George's Arms
| For commanding two battalions of the 253rd Infantry Perekop Regiment with two batteries in the battles of January 28-31, 1915 near the village of Tratzen, he drove the Germans out of the named village and threw them from the right flank; Having occupied an important combat site in the enemy’s position and being constantly under strong gun and artillery fire, he repulsed the fierce and repeated attacks of the Germans, operating in immeasurably superior forces, and thereby facilitated the actions of the main forces. |
May 21, 1915 promoted to major general " for differences in matters against the enemy ." On February 25, 1916 he was appointed commander of the brigade of the 112th Infantry Division, and on April 7, 1817 - the commander of the same division.
In the Civil War he participated in the White Movement as part of the Volunteer Army and Armed Forces of the South of Russia . From November 25, 1918, he was in the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the All-Ukrainian Union of Regions, from January 22, 1919, he was in the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Crimean-Azov Army , and from March 17 of the same year, he was in the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the All-Union Union of Liberal Democratic Forces. In 1920 he was the head of the Simferopol garrison and the chairman of the St. George Council.
In exile in Greece. He was promoted to lieutenant general . He lived in the Russian camp Harilau, taught at the Russian gymnasium. He was chairman of the Union of Russian Officers, a member of the Society for Unity of Russian Emigrants in Thessaloniki, a member of the Society of Russian Monarchists and the Society of St. George Knights. He died in Harilau camp from a broken heart.
Family
He was married to the daughter of a state adviser, Claudia Vasilievna Georgizon. Their son:
- Boris (1894-1922), captain, adjutant of the Russian camp in Harilau. Died of tuberculosis in a Russian hospital in Thessaloniki. He was buried in the local city cemetery.
Rewards
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. (3.02.1899)
- Order of St. Stanislav , 2nd art. (12/25/1902)
- Order of St. Anne, 2nd art. with swords (08.24.1904)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with swords and bow (VP 8.01.1906)
- swords to the Order of St. Stanislav 2nd art. (VP 07.15.1907)
- Order of St. George 4th Art. (VP 04/26/1915)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd art. with swords (VP 05.20.1915)
- St. George's Arms (VP 04.17.1916)
Sources
- Kazan nobility 1785-1917 Family Dictionary. - Kazan, 2001 .-- S. 320.
- Volkov S.V. White movement. Encyclopedia of Civil War. - St. Petersburg: "Neva", 2002. - S. 292.
- Zhalnina-Vasilkioti I. L. "The native land is a lump dry." Russian necropolis in Greece. - M.: Bookcase: The Russian Way, 2012 .-- S. 247.
- Klepov M. Yu. Officers - St. George Knights of the First World War. - M .: "Past", 2015.
- Lebedevich-Draevsky, Fedor Dmitrievich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".