Pyotr Emelyanovich Fomenko ( August 25 ( September 6 ), 1886 - August 4, 1960 , Vineland, USA ) - participant of the White movement in southern Russia, Yesaul of the Zaporizhzhya separate horse division.
| Peter Emelyanovich Fomenko | |||
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| Date of Birth | August 25 ( September 6 ) 1886 | ||
| Date of death | August 4, 1960 (73 years old) | ||
| Affiliation |  Russian Empire White movement | ||
| Rank | esaul | ||
| Battles / wars | World War I , Civil War | ||
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Biography
Cossack of the village of Staro-Minsk Yeisk Department of the Kuban Region .
In military service since January 23, 1908. In the First World War, the sub - subunit of the 1st Zaporizhzhya Cossack Regiment entered. For military distinctions, he was awarded the 4th degree Cross of St. George and promoted to ensign on November 15, 1915. It was produced in the coronier on May 28, 1916, in the centurions - September 12, 1917.
During the Civil War he participated in the White Movement in the South of Russia , in the All-Union Socialist League and the Russian Army - esaul of the Zaporizhzhya separate horse division. He was awarded the Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker . He was evacuated from Crimea to the island of Lemnos .
In exile in Yugoslavia. In the fall of 1925 - the military foreman of the 2nd Consolidated-Kuban Cossack Regiment, in 1931 he headed the personnel of the 4th Zaporizhzhya hundreds. During the Second World War he served in the Russian Corps . After the war he moved to the USA. He was the chairman of the Vainland department of the Union of ranks of the Russian corps, the chieftain of the local Kuban village and a member of the Kuban military council. He died in 1960 in Vineland. He was married, had a son and daughter.
Rewards
- St. George Cross 4th Art. (number unknown)
- Order of St. Anne 4th Art. with the inscription "for courage"
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art. with swords and bow
- Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (Order of the Commander-in-Chief No. 501, October 31, 1921)
Sources
- List of generals, headquarters and chief officers and class officials of the 1st Zaporizhzhya regiment. By June 1, 1917. - S. 10 . // In memory of the heroes of the Great War of 1914-1918.
- Army and Navy of Free Russia , No. 221. Official Division. - September 27, 1917 - S. 4.
- Volkov S.V. White movement. Encyclopedia of Civil War. - St. Petersburg: "Neva", 2002. - S. 596.
- Volkov S.V., Strelyanov (Kalabukhov) P.N. Chins of the Russian Corps: Biographical reference book in photographs. - M., 2009.
- Strelyanov (Kalabukhov) P.N. Cossacks of the Kuban Army in the Great Civil War and Emigration. Volume II (M β I). - M .: Stikhira, 2017 .-- S. 655.