Yesaul Sergey Shivtzov (3 October 1874 – 17 March 1915) was an officer in the

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who commanded the 1st Squadron of the 1st Orenburg Cossacks Cavalry Regiment during the

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. He died leading the charge into battle of

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against the Austro-Hungarian Army.Ganin A.V., Semenov, V.G.: Officer corps of the Orenburg Army in 1891—1945. М., 2007
/ref> Sergey Shivtzov' was the only son of a cavalry officer and

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of stanitsa Vozdvízhenskaya Ivan I. Shivtzov, a member of a Shivtzov Family.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shivtzov, Sergey I. 1874 births 1915 deaths Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery Russian military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War Russian military personnel killed in World War I