Victor Alekseevich Arkhangelsky ( January 30, 1890 , Trans-Baikal Region - not earlier than April 1939 ) - Russian military pilot, warrant officer , participant in the First World War , cavalier of the Order of St. George , 4th class (1917). After the October Revolution, he joined the White Movement , but then was captured. After the final establishment of Soviet power in Russia, he worked as a mechanical engineer in Krasnoyarsk . In 1939 he was accused of violating the 58th article of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, but soon the case was dismissed.
| Victor Alekseevich Arkhangelsky | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Birth | January 30, 1890 | ||
| Place of Birth | Transbaikal region , Russian Empire | ||
| Date of death | not earlier than April 1939 | ||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire White movement | ||
| Type of army | aviation | ||
| Rank | ensign | ||
| Battles / Wars | World War I Russian civil war | ||
| Awards and prizes |
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| Retired | mechanical engineer | ||
Biography
Victor Arkhangelsky was born on January 30, 1890 in the Trans-Baikal Region in the family of an Orthodox clergyman. He received his general education at the Irkutsk Gymnasium, after which he entered the Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II [1] .
On July 1, 1913, he entered the service of the Russian Imperial Army as a private soldier on the basis of a voluntary 1st category, served in the 2nd battery of the 7th Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade. On April 2, 1915, Arkhangelsk was transferred to serve in the 7th Siberian Mortar Artillery Division. November 20, 1915 passed the exam for the rank of warrant officer of the reserve of the Omsk Military District , and on December 23 of the same year he was promoted to rank of warrant officer . February 10, 1917 became an observer pilot in the 32nd corps aviation unit. He took part in the air battles of the First World War . Then he was sent to the Officer Aeronautical School , which was located in Petrograd [1] .
After the October Revolution, he joined the White Movement . He served on the Eastern Front of the White Movement , but was then captured. As of August 1, 1922, he was specially registered with the Tomsk City Military Commissariat [2] . After the civil war in Russia, he lived in Krasnoyarsk , worked as a mechanical engineer in the transport office of the Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route . He was not a member of the Communist Party . On November 14, 1937 he was arrested and charged with violating the 7th, 10th and 11th paragraphs of Article 58 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR . On April 9, 1939, he was convicted, but then the case was dismissed “for rehabilitating circumstances” [3] . About the fate of Victor Arkhangelsky after April 1939, there is no information.
Awards
Viktor Alekseevich was granted orders of St. Anne of the 4th degree with the inscription “For Bravery” (order for the 7th Army No. 1389 of 1917) and St. George 4th degree (order for the 7th Army No. 1765 of October 31, 1917 [ 4] ) - “for the fact that on March 17, 1917, returning from reconnaissance in a two-seater“ Newpor-10 ”plane, I met an enemy plane, marching east from Podgaytsy metro, with well-aimed fire of its machine gun, thanks to its skillful maneuver the pilot, almost point blank, shot at an enemy aircraft and shot him down. An enemy plane crashed at our location and burned out. Two German officers were captured ” [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Neshkin, Shabanov, 2006 , p. 26
- ↑ Database No. 2 , p. 330.
- ↑ Lists of victims . http://lists.memo.ru . Date accessed August 19, 2018.
- ↑ Shabanov, 2004 , p. 388.
- ↑ Neshkin, Shabanov, 2006 , p. 25-26.
Literature
- Aviators - Knights of the Order of St. George and St. George’s Weapons during the First World War of 1914-1918: Biographical Reference / Comp. M.S. Neshkin , V.M. Shabanov . - M .: Russian Political Encyclopedia (ROSSPEN), 2006. - 360 p. - ISBN 5-8243-0661-3 .
- Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George. Nominal lists 1769-1920. (Bibliographic reference) / Comp. V.M. Shabanov . - M .: Russkiy Mir, 2004 .-- 847 p. - ISBN 5-89577-059-2 .
- Volkov S.V., Doctor of History Database No. 2: “Participants in the White Movement in Russia” . Site of the historian Sergei Vladimirovich Volkov. Date of treatment February 7, 2019.