Alexander Vassilievich Golubintzev ( rus, Александр Васильевич Голубинцев; February 28, 1882 – April 19, 1963) was member of the

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 Ar ...

. He joined the army during the

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...

in 1904. He was a

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in the army when the

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broke out in 1917. He became a

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in the

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and the

Armed Forces of South Russia The Armed Forces of South Russia (AFSR or SRAF) () were the unified military forces of the White movement in southern Russia between 1919 and 1920. On 8 January 1919, the Armed Forces of South Russia were formed, incorporating the Volunteer Army ...

and one of the leaders of the

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White movement. At the start of

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he was a

and commander of the 3rd Don Cavalry Regiment( :ru:Донской 3-й казачий полк). as well a military commander and organizer of the 4st Cossack Volunteer Cavalry Regiment at the

stanitsa A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Arm ...

Ust-Khoperskaya. He joined the March on Moscow of General

Konstantin Mamontov Konstantin Konstantinovich Mamontov (; 16 October 1869 – 14 February 1920) was a Russian military commander and famous general of the Don Cossacks, who fought in the White Army during the Russian Civil War. Biography Mamontov was born in 186 ...

as a commander of the 5th Don Cavalry Division and later fled in exile to

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, and the

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. He died on April 19, 1963, in

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Writings

Golubintzev, A.V., «Russian Vandea», 1995

References

* Valeri Klawing, Konstantin K. Mamantov: Civil War in Russia. White movement armies. M., 2003 * Volkov S.V.: White movement in Russia: Organisation and structure. 2000 http://swolkov.ru/bdorg/bdorg20.htm#1329 * Alexander V. Golubintzev on Hrono.ru http://hrono.ru/biograf/bio_g/golubincev.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Golubintzev, Alexander V 1882 births 1963 deaths Cossacks from the Russian Empire Don Cossacks Anti-communists from the Russian Empire Recipients of the Order of St. Anna White Russian emigrants to the United States Russian Provisional Government generals Russian people of World War I People of the Russian Civil War White movement generals Writers from the Russian Empire

Writings

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