Pavel Kuzmich Vicentiev (November 4, 1875 - 1920) - Russian military leader, colonel of the RIA , colonel of the army of the Ukrainian state , Major General of the All - Union Union of Judicial Forces .
| Pavel Kuzmich Vitsentev | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | November 4, 1875 | |||||
| Date of death | 1920 | |||||
| Affiliation |  Russian Empire / Republic Ukrainian state White movement | |||||
| Type of army | Infantry | |||||
| Years of service | 1893 - 1920 | |||||
| Rank | major general | |||||
| Commanded | Gorbatovsky 218th Infantry Regiment (1916-17) Slavic Infantry Regiment (1919) Perekop fortified area (1920) | |||||
| Battles / wars | Eastern Front of World War I | |||||
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Born November 4, 1875 in Estonia in the Orthodox noble family of a titular adviser . He graduated from the Alexander Grammar School in Revel .
After graduating from high school, in 1893 (at the age of 17) he entered the service of volunteers in the 90th Onega Infantry Regiment . After serving a year in ordinary and sergeant posts, he entered the St. Petersburg Infantry Junker School , after graduating from which, he again arrived at the same regiment to serve.
In 1897 he was transferred from the 90th Onega Regiment to the 91st Dvinsky . In 1903 he entered the second attempt at the prestigious Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff , which he successfully graduated from. Since 1906, captain. For some time he commanded a company in the Dvinsky regiment (1906-1908), then transferred to serve in the division headquarters (1908-1912), in 1912 he became a teacher at the Odessa Military School . Colonel (1915).
In World War I, Colonel Vitsentiev took over as chief of staff of the 42nd Infantry Division . In mid-1916, he received under his command the 218th Gorbatov Infantry Regiment of the second formation. At the beginning of 1917 he again became the chief of staff of the division, this time the 5th Grenadier, and in December 1917, after the October Revolution, he took the post of chief of staff of the VI Army Corps .
After the army finally decomposed, and, in fact, ceased to exist, Colonel Vitsentiev left for Ukraine, where Skoropadskyβs regime was established. Many Russian officers perceived Lieutenant General Skoropadsky not so much as a Ukrainian nationalist (in essence, he was not a radical nationalist), but as one of the leaders of the Russian anti-Bolshevik forces. Colonel Vitsentiev was enlisted in the Skoropadsky army with the same rank, was the chief of staff of the 4th Ukrainian division ( Uman ).
After the fall of the Ukrainian state, which was replaced by a radical nationalist Petliura government , General Vicentiev enlisted in the White Army ( VSYUR ), where he did not receive any position at first.
However, in the fall of 1919 he was appointed commander of the Slavic (Carpathian) regiment , formed from Rusyns volunteers. The Ruthenian public figure Vasily Romanovich Vavrik recalled [1] that at that time Vicentiev was already a major general (the date and reasons for his production in this rank are unclear).
The regiment, commanded by Vicentiev, numbered more than a thousand people, was distinguished by high morale, but did not have sufficient combat experience. Housed in New Russia , the Slavic regiment from Aleksandrovsk (now Zaporozhye ) was supposed to perform at Elizavetgrad . However, on August 17, the general received a telegram about the approach of the major forces of Makhno . The next morning, the regiment advanced to the Mirovaya station, where it encountered unexpectedly large forces of the Makhnovists (according to Wavrik, up to 20 thousand people). There was a stubborn battle, as a result of which most of the regiment was chopped up or captured, and the rest, under enemy fire, rushed to the Dnieper to cross it by swimming (which not everyone succeeded). General Vicentiev himself and his wife swam across the Dnieper in a boat [2] .
Information about the further service of General Vicentiev in the White Army varies. According to Gerasimenkoβs inaccurate memoirs [3] , he was later one of the main leaders of the white formations in the fight against Makhno as commander of the infantry division. It is reliably known that in the winter of 1920, General Vicentiev headed the Perekop fortified area (under the general command of General Yakov Slashchev ).
In 1920, General Vicentiev died of typhus.
Rewards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art. (1907)
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. (1911)
- Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd art. (1914)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with swords and bow (1915)
- St. George's Arms (10.16.1916) - "because, while correcting the position of chief of staff of the 42nd Infantry Division, in battle on 07.10.1915 on the river. Shara at the village of Dere, took an energetic part in the battle and, putting his life in danger, a true assessment of the situation and his dedicated work, contributed to the success of his division. β
Notes
- β Vavrik V.R. Carpathians in the Kornilov campaign
- β Vavrik V.R. Carpathians in the Kornilov campaign
- β Gerasimenko N.V. Batko Makhno. Memoirs of the White Guard.