|
12th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 12th Infantry Division (russian: 12-я пехотная дивизия, ''12-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from the early 19th century until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. The division was based in Lutsk in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918. Organization The 12th Infantry Division was part of the 12th Army Corps. *1st Brigade (HQ Proskurov) ** 45th Azov Infantry Regiment ** 46th Dnieper Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade (HQ Kamenets-Podolsk) ** 47th Ukrainian Infantry Regiment ** 48th Odessa Infantry Regiment *12th Artillery Brigade Commanders *1868–1871: Pyotr Vannovskiy *08/31/1871 - хх.хх.1878 - Lieutenant General Baron von Firks, Alexander Alexandrovich *хх.хх.1878 - 03.20, 1880 - Major General Nielson, Andrey Andreevich *03.20.1880 - 06.24, 1886 - major general (from 30.08.1881 lieutenant general) Oranovsky, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Coat Of Arms Of Russian Empire
Lesser, from Eliezer (, "Help/Court of my God"), is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Lesser (1851–1926), German physician * Aleksander Lesser (1814–1884), Polish painter and art critic * Anton Lesser (born 1952), British actor * Axel Lesser (born 1946), East German cross country skier * Edmund Lesser (1852–1918), German dermatologist * Erik Lesser (born 1988), German biathlete * Gabriele Lesser (born 1960), German historian and journalist * George Lesser, American musician * Gerald S. Lesser (1926–2010), American psychologist * Henry Lesser (born 1963), German footballer * J Lesser (born 1970), American musician * Len Lesser (1922–2011), American actor * Louis Lesser (born 1916), American real estate developer * Matt Lesser, Connecticut politician * Mike Lesser (born 1943), British mathematical philosopher and political activist * Milton Lesser or Stephen Marlowe (1928–2008), American author * Norman Lesser (1902–1985), Anglican bishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Ukrainian Infantry Regiment
47th may refer to: Chicago Transit Authority stations * 47th station (CTA Green Line), on the Green Line * 47th station (CTA Red Line) 47th is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Red Line. The station is located in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway in the Fuller Park neighborhood. Access to the station is available from a staircase at the ..., on the Red Line See also * {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infantry Divisions Of The Russian Empire
Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and marine infantry. Although disused in modern times, heavy infantry also commonly made up the bulk of many historic armies. Infantry, cavalry, and artillery have traditionally made up the core of the combat arms professions of various armies, with the infantry almost always comprising the largest portion of these forces. Etymology and terminology In English, use of the term ''infantry'' began about the 1570s, describing soldiers who march and fight on foot. The word derives from Middle French ''infanterie'', from older Italian (also Spanish) ''infanteria'' (foot soldiers too inexperienced for cavalry), from Latin '' īnfāns'' (without speech, newborn, foolish), from which English also gets ''infant''. The individual-soldier term ''infantryma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoly Rosenshield
Anatoly Nikolaevich Rosenshield von Paulin (10 December 186022 November 1929) was a Russian military leader and Lieutenant General of the General Staff. Achievement list Imperial Russian Army *He graduated from the Polotsk military gymnasium. *August 26, 1877 - Enlisted in the military. *August 8, 1879 - Graduated from the 1st Military Pavlovsk School as a senior military cadet. Issued by the ensign in the Life Guards 4th Rifle Imperial Surname Battalion. *August 30, 1884 - Second Lieutenant. *January 1, 1885 - Lieutenant. *1887 - Graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in the 1st category. *April 7, 1887 - Headquarters Captain. Appointed to be a member of the Vilna Military District. *November 26, 1887 - Captain of the General Staff. Senior Adjutant to the Headquarters of the 28th Infantry Division (Russian Empire). *October 15, 1888 - October 14 - 1889 - Qualified command of a company in the 111th Don Infantry Regiment. *October 5, 1889 - Consisted for special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Alekseyevich Alftan
Vladimir Alekseyevich Alftan (April 17 (29), 1860 - December 19, 1940) was a Russian military leader, lieutenant general of the Russian Imperial Army. Military orientalist, researcher of Korea. Biography Lutheran religion. From the nobles of the Moscow province of Finnish origin; father - lieutenant general (since 1878) Alexei Karlovich Alftan (1814-1885). Received general education in the Finnish Cadet Corps. He entered service on September 1, 1879, with a rank cadet at the Nikolayev Cavalry School. On August 8, 1881, he was released as a cornet in the Life Guards of Ulan by His Majesty's Regiment. Since August 8, 1885 - lieutenant. In 1889 he graduated from the Nikolayev Academy of the General Staff in the 1st category. On April 10, 1889, he was promoted to headquarters captain of the guard with renaming as captain of the General Staff. From July 1, 1890 he was at the Moscow Military District, then - Senior Adjutant to the Headquarters of the 13th Army Corps. From November 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Snesarev
Andrei Evgenyevich Snesarev (13 December 1865, Staraya Kalitva, – 4 December 1937, Moscow) was a Russian linguist, orientalist and military leader. Andrei was the son of a Russian Orthodox priest. After attending gymnasium school at Novocherkassk in 1888 he started to studied mathematics at Moscow University. As part of his obligatory military service he gained a commission in the infantry following a period at the Alekseyevsky Junkers Infantry Academy. He soon decided on a military career and attended the Nicholas General Staff Academy. He was then sent to India and also studied at the British Museum, London. An English translation of his book ''Afghanistan'' published in 1921 was published in England in 1924. The book consists of a written version of the lectures he delivered to the Oriental Section of the Military Academy of the Red Army between autumn 1919 and spring 1920. In 1910 he became Chief of Staff of the 2nd Combined Cossack Division. Final Years and Death I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Shokorov
Vladimir Nikolaevich Shokorov (1868–1940) was a Russian soldier active in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. On 26 September 1917 General Nikolay Dukhonin Nikolay Nikolayevich Dukhonin (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Духо́нин; 13 December 1876 – 3 December 1917) was a Russian general, the last commander-in-chief of the Imperial Russian Army. Biography Dukhonin was bo ... appointed him commander of the Czechoslovak corps. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shokorov, Vladimir 1868 births 1940 deaths Russian generals Russian military personnel of World War I People of the Russian Civil War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitrij Petrovich Dohturov
Dmitry Petrovich Dokhturov (May 25, 1838 – March 25, 1905) was an Imperial Russian brigade, division and corps commander. He fought in the wars in the Caucasus and against the Ottoman Empire. Ranks * Poruchik (April 23, 1859) * Stabskapitän (January 12, 1861) * Captain (November 28, 1861) * Rittmeister (April 17, 1863) * Podpolkovnik (lieutenant colonel) (September 13, 1864) * Polkovnik (colonel) (March 27, 1866) * Major general (September 14, 1877) * Lieutenant general (August 30, 1886) * General of the cavalry (December 6, 1898) Awards * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd class, 1861 * Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1863 * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1868 * Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1871 * Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1874 * Gold Sword for Bravery, 1877 * Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1879 * Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1882 * Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1885 * Order of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyotr Vannovskiy
Pyotr Semyonovich Vannovsky (russian: Пётр Семёнович Ванновский, translit=Pëtr Semënovič Vannovskij; Russian (before 1918): Пётръ Семёновичъ Ванновскій; be, Пётр Сямёнавіч Ванновскі, translit=Pëtr Sjamënavič Vannovski; – ) was a Russian statesman and military leader of Belarusian extraction, who served in the Imperial Russian Army. He was also an honorary member of the Academy of Military Medical, the Mikhailovsky Artillery School, the Mykolaiv Engineering School, the Imperial Academy of Sciences, and a full knight of the Order of St. Vladimir. Born in Kiev into a family of Belarusian landed gentry, Vannovsky chose his career early on in his life and began military schooling. After a few years, he participated in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and the Crimean War as part of the Life Guards Finnish Regiment, distinguishing himself at the Siege of Silistra, he was highly decorated after the war, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamenets-Podolsk
Kamianets-Podilskyi ( uk, Ка́м'яне́ць-Поді́льський, russian: Каменец-Подольский, Kamenets-Podolskiy, pl, Kamieniec Podolski, ro, Camenița, yi, קאַמענעץ־פּאָדאָלסק / קאַמעניץ, Kamenetz-Podolsk / Kamenitz) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of the Kamianets-Podilskyi district within the Khmelnytskyi province. It hosts the administration of Kamianets-Podilskyi urban hromada. Current population has been estimated as In 1919–1920, during the unfolding Ukrainian–Soviet War, the city officially served as the temporary capital of the Ukrainian People's Republic. Name The first part of the city's dual name originates from ' ( uk, камiнь) or ', meaning 'stone' in Old Slavic. The second part of its name relates to the historic region of Podolia ( uk, По ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
