Konstantin Nikolai Freiherr von Stackelberg (russian: Константи́н Ка́рлович Шта́кельберг,
tr. ; 30 March 1925) was a
Baltic German
Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...
composer and
cavalry general in the
Imperial Russian Army. Stackelberg was best known for his compositions on music about the
White Army
The White Army (russian: Белая армия, Belaya armiya) or White Guard (russian: Бѣлая гвардія/Белая гвардия, Belaya gvardiya, label=none), also referred to as the Whites or White Guardsmen (russian: Бѣлогв ...
during the
Russian Civil War
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, partof = the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of World War I
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. He was the head of the
Imperial Music Choir from 1883 to 1917 (now the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra) and was also involved in improving the music in the Russian Army and Navy.
He was awarded
Order of Prince Danilo I
The Order of Prince Danilo I ( cnr, Орден Књаза Данила I, translit=Orden Knjaza Danila I) was an order of the Principality and later Kingdom, of Montenegro. It is currently a dynastic order granted by the head of the House of Pet ...
,
Order of the Cross of Takovo
The Order of the Cross of Takovo was a Serbian state order.
History
It was instituted in the Principality of Serbia in 1865 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Second Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which had started in Takovo, Serbi ...
and a number of other decorations.
References
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1848 births
1925 deaths
Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Takovo