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Vladimir Apollonovich Olokhov
Vladimir Apollonovich Olokhov (21 January 1857 - 14 December 1920) was a Russian military leader, hero of the First World War, general from infantry. Biography Orthodox. From the nobles of the Livonia province. The son of Major General Apollon Alekseevich Olokhov (1815-1866). He graduated from the 2nd St. Petersburg Military Gymnasium (1873) and the Mikhailovsky Artillery School (1876), from which he was released as second lieutenant to the 3rd Guards and Grenadier Artillery Brigade. Ranks: lieutenant (1877), lieutenant of the guard (1878), lieutenant (1882), staff captain of the guard with renaming as captain of the General Staff (1882), lieutenant colonel (1889), colonel (for distinction, 1893), major general (for distinction, 1903), lieutenant general (for distinction, 1909), general from infantry (1915). He participated in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877–1878, for the difference in which he had three military orders. After the war, he was transferred to the second artil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrograd
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and was named after apostle Saint Peter. In Russia, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of neighbouring rival powers: the Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Qajar Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and Qing China. It also held colonies in North America between 1799 and 1867. Covering an area of approximately , it remains the third-largest empire in history, surpassed only by the British Empire and the Mongol Empire; it ruled over a population of 125.6 million people per the 1897 Russian census, which was the only census carried out during the entire imperial period. Owing to its geographic extent across three continents at its peak, it featured great ethnic, linguistic, religious, and economic diversity. From the 10th–17th centuries, the land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Army consisted of more than 900,000 regular soldiers and nearly 250,000 irregulars (mostly Cossacks). Precursors: Regiments of the New Order Russian tsars before Peter the Great maintained professional hereditary musketeer corps known as '' streltsy''. These were originally raised by Ivan the Terrible; originally an effective force, they had become highly unreliable and undisciplined. In times of war the armed forces were augmented by peasants. The regiments of the new order, or regiments of the foreign order (''Полки нового строя'' or ''Полки иноземного строя'', ''Polki novovo (inozemnovo) stroya''), was the Russian term that was used to describe military units that were formed in the Tsardom of Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 22nd Infantry Division (russian: 22-я пехотная дивизия, ''22-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. It was part of the 1st Army Corps. Organization *1st Brigade **85th "Vyborksky" Infantry Regiment **86th "Vilmanstranski" Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **87th "Neishlotski" Infantry Regiment **88th "Petrovski" Infantry Regiment *22nd Artillery Brigade Commanders *1906-1908: Leonid Artamonov *1909-1912: Vladimir Apollonovich Olokhov *May 30 - July 30, 1912: Andrei Zayonchkovski *1912-1914: Alexander Alexandrovich Dushkevich Chiefs of Staff *1866-1868: Aleksandr Fyodorovich Rittikh *1868-1876: Nikolay Bobrikov *1876-1879: Leonid Dembowsky *1879-1884: Ivan Iosifovich Yakubovsky Ivan Iosifovich Yakubovsky (July 21, 1838 – 1911) was a general from infantry, member of the Military Council of the Russian Empire. Biography Born on July 21, 1838, came from noblemen of the Ekaterinoslav province. He was educated at the Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 1st Guards Infantry Division (russian: 1-я гвардейская пехотная дивизия) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army which was part of the Imperial Guard. It was headquartered in Saint Petersburg and was part of the Guards Corps. It took part in fighting against Napoleonic invasion of Russia in 1811 shortly after its formation. It was expanded in July 1914 upon the mobilization of the Russian Imperial Army, and took part in fighting on the Eastern Front of World War I. The division was demobilized in 1918 after the Russian Revolution. History The unit was initially formed on 15 June 1807 as the 1st Infantry Division. It was renamed "Guards" Infantry Division on 11 November 1811. For most of its history it was stationed in St Petersburg and was part of the Petersburg Military District upon its creation. Order of battle upon formation When it was founded in 1807 the unit consisted of the following: *Preobrazhensky Regiment *Semyonovsky Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Army Corps (Russian Empire)
The 23rd Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition *3rd Guards Infantry Division * 2nd Infantry Division Part of * 2nd Army: 1914 * 5th Army: 1914 – 1915 * 8th Army: 1915 * 1st Army: 1915 * 13th Army: 1915 * 3rd Army: 1915 *5th Army: 1916 * 11th Army: 1916 *8th Army: 1916 * 9th Army: 1916 *8th Army: 1916 – 1917 Commanders *August 15, 1913 - August 30, 1914: Kyprian Kandratovich *August 30 - November 1914: Vladimir Danilov *December 28, 1914 - July 1, 1915: Vladimir Apollonovich Olokhov *September 1915: Nikolai Tretyakov *1916-1917: Eduard Ekk *April 1917: Mikhail Promtov Mikhail Nikolayevich Promtov (June 12, 1857 - 1950 or 1951) lieutenant general, artilleryman, one of the centenarians of the Imperial Russian Army, a participant in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), the Russo-Japanese War, commander of the World W ... *September 1917: Vasily Kirey External links Russian Army, 1914 {{Russian Empire Ground Forces Corps of the Russian Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Guards Corps (Russian Empire)
The 1st Guards Corps (russian: 1-й Гвардейский корпус) was a corps-level command in the Russian Imperial Army that existed in the decades leading up to and during World War I. Stationed in St Petersburg, it included some of the oldest and best known regiments of the Emperor of All Russia's Imperial Guard. History The corps was established on 20 August 1874 as the "Guard Corps" and was renamed to the 1st Guard Corps in November 1915. The corps was dissolved in 1918, though some of its members went on to join the Volunteer Army of the White movement.Гвардейский корпус . Ria1914.info. Retrieved 10 November 2017. Organization As of 1914, the corps included the following:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Guards Corps (Russian Empire)
The 2nd Guards Corps was a formation of the Imperial Russian Army that saw service in World War I. It was founded in November 1915 and disbanded in early 1918. Composition It participated in military operations on the South-Western (1915 - November 1916, April 1917 - 1918) and Western (November 1916 - April 1917) fronts. Commanders *12/08/1915 - 05/27/1916 - General of Infantry Vladimir Apollonovich Olokhov *05/27/1916 - 04/02/1917 - Lieutenant General Georgy Ottonovich Rauch Georgy may refer to: *Georgy (given name) *Diminituve for Georgina *Georgy, the protagonist in '' Georgy Girl'' novel, film, and song * ''Georgy'' (musical), a musical from the novel ''Georgy Girl'' See also *Georgi (other) *Georgiy Georgy ... *04/02/1917 - 04/29/1917 - Major General Georgy Nikolaevich Viranovsky (acting) *04/29/1917 - 08/19/1917 - Lieutenant General Georgy Nikolaevich Viranovsky *08/25/1917 - 04/1918 - Lieutenant General Vsevolod Vladimirovich Chernavin References Русская ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Zayonchkovski
Andrei Medardovich Zayonchkovsky (russian: Андре́й Меда́рдович Зайончко́вский) ( – 22 March 1926) commanded the defence of the Romanian-Bulgarian border in Dobruja upon Romania's entry into World War I in August 1916. Biography After graduation from the Nicholas School of Military Engineering (Nikolaevskoe Inzhenernoe Uchilishche) in 1882, Zayonchkovsky served in the 5th Sapper Battalion. In 1888 he graduated from the General Staff Academy and served in various staff positions. During the Russo-Japanese War he commanded the 85th Vyborg Infantry Regiment and the 2nd brigade of the 3rd Siberian Infantry Division. During World War I Zayonchkovsky commanded first the 30th Army Corps. Following Romania's entry into the war on 27 August 1916, he commanded the Russian-Romanian Dobruja Army in charge of defending Dobruja against the Central Powers. He was relieved by general Dmitry Shcherbachev in April 1917 and was in retirement by the time of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgy Ottonovich Rauch
Georgy may refer to: *Georgy (given name) *Diminituve for Georgina *Georgy, the protagonist in ''Georgy Girl'' novel, film, and song * ''Georgy'' (musical), a musical from the novel ''Georgy Girl'' See also *Georgi (other) *Georgiy Georgy (; russian: Георгий, Georgiy; bg, Георги, Georgi) is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Georgios. It corresponds to the English name George. The name Georgi is the most used masculine name in Bulgaria an ..., a given name * Georgii (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1857 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. * January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating. * January 9 – The 7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). * January 24 – The University of Calcutta is established in Calcutta, as the first multidisciplinary modern university in South Asia. The University of Bombay is also established in Bombay, British India, this year. * February 3 – The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, D.C., becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf. * February 5 – The Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States is promulgated. * March – The Austrian garrison leaves Bucharest. * March 3 ** France and the United Kingdom for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
