Vladimir Alexandrovich Kislitsin (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Кисли́цын) (born January 9, 1883, Bila Tserkva — died May 18, 1944, Harbin) was an officer in the Imperial Russian Army and later commanding officer of the pro-monarchist

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in the later stages of the

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Early life

As a son of Admiral Alexander Kislitsin, Vladimir was educated at the Odessa Military Institution in 1900 and the Sandomir Officer Training School. He was assigned to the Special Frontier Corps on the Western border of the

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and served in the

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. During the course of

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he was an officer of the 11th Dragoon Regiment, gaining the rank of

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in 1916. Kislitsin was awarded the

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of the Fourth Degree (1915), the

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of the 3rd and 2nd classes, the St. George honour weapon, and the

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, the 4th and 1st classes. He was repeatedly wounded, many times in the head.

White movement

In 1918, he was appointed commander of the 3rd Cavalry Division of

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and then 3rd Cavalry Corps in the army of The Hetmanate. In 1919 Kislitsin served as a company commander in the Northern Army of Evgenii Miller. In July of the same year, Vladimir Kislitsin was appointed commander of the 2nd Brigade of the Ufa Cavalry Division under Admiral

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. In December 1919 he was appointed commander of the 2nd Ufa Cavalry Division. After the defeat of Admiral Kolchak's armies in the

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and Western Siberia, Kislitsin took part in the Great Siberian Ice march. After his arrival at Chita, Ataman Grigory Semyonov entrusted to Kislitsin's command the ''1st Ataman Semyonov Manchurian Detachment'' until the end of the

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(1921-1922).

White emigre

Vladimir Kislitsin emigrated to Harbin in November 1922, where he became a dentist, but also served in the police. In

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he was a head of local "legitimists" (legitimisti, in Russian легитимисты), who supported by Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich as a legal heir to the Russian throne. In 1928, he was promoted to full general by Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich. In 1936, Kislitsin's memoirs ('In the fires of the Civil War: Memoires') were published in Harbin (then a part of Manchukuo) by '' Nash Put'' publishing house. From 1938 to 1942, Kislitsin acted as a chairman of Bureau for Russian Emigrants in Manchuria (BREM), established by Japanese occupational forces. He died in Harbin in 1944, where he was buried as well.

Early life

White movement

White emigre

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