Pyotr Pavlovich Makhayev (1878 - after 1920) - Colonel of the 71st Infantry Regiment of Belevsky , a hero of the First World War.
| Peter Pavlovich Makhaev | ||||
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| Date of Birth | September 13 (25), 1878 | |||
| Place of Birth | Kostroma province | |||
| Date of death | is unknown | |||
| Affiliation |  Russian Empire White movement | |||
| Rank | major general | |||
| Battles / wars | World War I Civil War | |||
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Biography
From hereditary nobles. A native of Kostroma province.
He graduated from the Yaroslavl Military School (1896) and the Odessa Infantry Junker School in the 2nd category (1898), from where he was released as ensign in the 70th Ryazhsky Infantry Regiment . October 8, 1899 made a second lieutenant in the same regiment [1] . He was promoted to lieutenant on October 1, 1904, and to captains on October 1, 1908
In the First World War he took up the post of commander of the 6th company of the 70th Ryazh Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to captain on August 4, 1914 " for his long service ." Granted by St. George's Arms
| Because, in a battle on October 20, 1914, commanding a company, he brought her to bayonets under heavy fire of the enemy and knocked her out of 2 rows of trenches, setting a personal example of courage, burst into the village of Lapnik and knocking the enemy out of the trenches with bayonets , took possession of it, capturing at the same time 60 people captured. In pursuit of the retreating enemy, he was wounded in the leg, but remained in service and, taking command of the battalion, continued the battle, but was secondarily seriously wounded. |
Awarded the Order of St. George 4th degree
| Because on the eve of the general night attack of the fortified position near the village of Pikula-Groble, on his own initiative, on May 21, 1915, he reconnoitered the approaches to the enemy position and correctly identified its weak point under strong gunfire. In dense fog he brought his half-way to the point and at night on May 22 attacked a section of the position north-west of the village of Pikula; under the strongest gunfire, he first broke through with his half-range through three rows of wire fences, took possession of three trenches, each with a force in the company, personally killed two officers, and disarmed two, and 300 captured Austrians were captured. Having assumed command during the battle over the breaking parts of the regiment after him, within 2 hours he repelled 4 counter-attacks of the enemy’s reserves and, being circumvented from the flank and rear by superior enemy forces, paved his way with bayonets, joined the regiment, did not leaving the enemy no trophies. |
August 16, 1916 promoted to lieutenant colonel . On April 28, 1917 he was appointed commander of the 71st Infantry Belevsky Regiment , and on August 28 of the same year he was promoted to colonel with approval in office [2] . After the October Revolution , on November 21, 1917, the regimental and company committees recognized Colonel Makhayev as a counter-revolutionary and appealed to the Military Revolutionary Committee of the 5th Army Army Executive Committee with a demand to immediately bring him to a military revolutionary court [3] .
During the Civil War he participated in the White Movement in the South of Russia , in 1920 he was an assistant to the chief of the 1st Kuban Plastun Brigade. He was promoted to major general on April 19, 1920 on the basis of the St. George Statute [4] . The further fate is unknown. He was married, had a daughter.
Rewards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd Art. (VP 29.06.1907).
- Order of St. Anne , 3rd art. (VP 18.03.1911).
- Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd art. with swords (VP 20.04.1915).
- St. George's weapons (VP 7.02.1916).
- Order of St. George 4th Art. (VP 08/26/1916).
- Order of St. Anne 4th Art. with the inscription "for courage" (VP 27.08.1916).
- Swords and bow to the Order of St. Anne, 3rd art. (VP 16.01.1917).
Notes
- ↑ The highest orders of the War Department to No. 470 // Scout . - SPb. , 1899 .-- S. 895 .
- ↑ Army and Navy of free Russia , No. 211. Official department. - September 14, 1917 - S. 3.
- ↑ October Revolution and the Army. October 25, 1917 - March 1918. Collection of documents. - M .: Nauka, 1973. - S. 157.
- ↑ Great Russia, No. 72. - July 3, 1920 - S. 1.
Sources
- List of generals, headquarters and chief officers and class officials of the 70th Ryazh Infantry Regiment. By January 1, 1914. - S. 12 . // In memory of the heroes of the Great War of 1914-1918.
- Klepov M. Yu. Officers - St. George Knights of the First World War. - M .: "Past", 2015.