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12th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)
The 12th Cavalry Division (, ''12-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization *1st Cavalry Brigade **12th Regiment of Dragoons **12th Uhlan Regiment *2nd Cavalry Brigade **12th Regiment of Hussars **12th Regiment of Cossacks *12th Horse Artillery Division Commanders *1878–1886: Victor Fedorovitch Winberg *1886–1896: Alexander Mikhailovich Lermontov *1896–1898: David Ivanovich Orlov *1898–1899: Sergei Vasilchikov *1912-1915: Alexey Kaledin *1915-1917: Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim References {{Russian Empire Divisions Cavalry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Coat Of Arms Of Russian Empire
Lesser, from Eliezer (, "Help/Court of my God"), is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Lesser (1851–1926), German physician * Aleksander Lesser (1814–1884), Polish painter and art critic * Anton Lesser (born 1952), British actor * Axel Lesser (born 1946), East German cross country skier * Edmund Lesser (1852–1918), German dermatologist * Erik Lesser (born 1988), German biathlete * Friedrich Christian Lesser (1692–1754), German theologian * Gabriele Lesser (born 1960), German historian and journalist * George Lesser, American musician * Gerald S. Lesser (1926–2010), American psychologist * Henry Lesser (born 1963), German footballer * J Lesser (born 1970), American musician * Len Lesser Leonard King Lesser (December 3, 1922 – February 16, 2011) was an American character actor and comedian best known for his recurring role as Uncle Leo on ''Seinfeld''. He was also known for his role as Garvin on '' Everybody Loves Raymond.'' ... (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Imperial Army
The Imperial Russian Army () was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia. The standing army consisted of Regular army, regular troops and two forces that served on separate regulations: the Cossacks, Cossack troops and the Islam in Russia, Muslim troops. A regular Russian army existed after the end of the Great Northern War in 1721.День Сухопутных войск России. Досье [''Day of the Ground Forces of Russia. Dossier''] (in Russian). TASS. 31 August 2015. During his reign, Peter the Great accelerated the modernization of Russia's armed forces, including with a decree in 1699 that created the basis for recruiting soldiers, military regulations for the organization of the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavalry
Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from ''cheval'' meaning "horse") are groups of soldiers or warriors who Horses in warfare, fight mounted on horseback. Until the 20th century, cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry in the roles of reconnaissance, Screening (tactical), screening, and skirmisher, skirmishing, or as heavy cavalry for decisive economy of force and shock attacks. An individual soldier in the cavalry is known by a number of designations depending on era and tactics, such as a cavalryman, Equestrianism, horseman, trooper (rank), trooper, cataphract, knight, Drabant Corps of Charles XII, drabant, hussar, uhlan, mamluk, cuirassier, lancer, dragoon, samurai or horse archer. The designation of ''cavalry'' was not usually given to any Military animal, military forces that used other animals or platforms for mounts, such as chariots, Camel cavalry, camels or War elephant, elephants. Infantry who m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Fedorovitch Winberg
Victor Fedorovitch Winberg (16 June 1832 – 19 August 1918) was an Imperial Russian division commander. He was the father of Fyodor Viktorovich Vinberg. He participated in the suppression of the 1863 uprising in Poland as well as the war against the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr .... Sources * External links * Биография на сайте «Русская императорская армия» {{DEFAULTSORT:Winberg, Victor Fedorovich Russian people of the January Uprising Russian military personnel of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) 1832 births 1918 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Mikhailovich Lermontov
Alexander Mikhailovich Lermontov (27 February 1838 – 26 December 1906) was an Imperial Russian division commander. He participated in the war against the Ottoman Empire. Awards *Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1863 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1867 *Order of Saint Stanislaus with Imperial Crown, 1869 *Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1871 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1873 *Gold Sword for Bravery, 1878 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1867 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1882 *Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1882 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1885 *Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1890 *Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1897 *Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class, 1875 *Order of the Crown (Prussia) The Royal Order of the Crown () was a Prussian order of chivalry. Instituted in 1861 as an honour equal in rank to the Order of the Red Eagle, membership could only be conferred upon commissioned offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ivanovich Orlov
David (Davyd) Ivanovich Orlov (; 6 July 1840 – 24 August 1916) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant general and division commander. His son Ivan (1870–1918) married Elena de Struve, daughter of Karl von Struve. His daughter Varvara Davydovna (1870–1915) married the son of Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov. Awards *Order of Saint Anna, 4th class, 1863 *Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1866 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1869 *Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1872 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1877 *Gold Sword for Bravery, 1877 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1881 *Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1883 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1885 *Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire) The Imperial Order of the White Eagle () was an Russian Empire, Imperial Russian Order (honour), Order based on the Order of the White Eagle (Poland), Polish honor. Emperor Nicholas I of Russia established the award in 1831 as the ''Imperial and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Vasilchikov
Sergei Illarionovich Vasilchikov (9 September 1849 – 27 August 1926) was an Imperial Russian division commander.He was born in Kiev in modern-day Ukraine. He was the son of Imperial Russian general Illarion Illarionovich Vasilchikov. He fought in the war against the Ottoman Empire. He was promoted to major general in 1891 and lieutenant general in 1899. He was the father of Hilarion Vassilchikov. After the October Revolution, he went into exile. Awards *Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1874 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1877 *Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1878 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class *Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1888 *Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1894 *Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1896 *Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1904 *Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1906 *Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky The Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was an order of chivalry of the Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Kaledin
Alexey Maksimovich Kaledin (; 24 October 1861 – 11 February 1918) was a Don Cossack Cavalry General who commanded the 12th Cavalry Division and Russian Eight Army during World War I. He also led the Don Cossack White movement in the opening stages of the Russian Civil War. Early years Kaledin attended the Mikhaylovskoye Artillery School and the General Staff Academy. World War I Kaledin served as a cavalry commander at the beginning of the war, before taking over command of a cavalry corps, and rising to the rank of General of the Cavalry. He was then assigned command of the 8th Army on the Southwest Front, participated in the Brusilov offensive, and won the Battle of Lutsk. Kaledin spoke at the Moscow State Conference, stating "all Soviets and committees must be abolished, both in the army and in the rear." Following the Kornilov affair, Kaledin retreated back to Novocherkassk, and protection of the ''voisko'', to avoid arrest by the Provisional Government. When h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military commander, aristocrat, and statesman. He served as the military leader of the White Guard (Finland), Whites in the Finnish Civil War (1918), as List of regents#Finland, Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as Chief of Defence (Finland), commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces during Finland in World War II, World War II (1939–1945), and as the sixth president of Finland (1944–1946). He became Finland's only Field marshal (Finland), field marshal in 1933 and was appointed honorary Marshal of Finland in 1942. Born into a Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-speaking family in the Grand Duchy of Finland, Mannerheim made a career in the Imperial Russian Army, serving in the Russo-Japanese War and the Eastern Front (World War I), Eastern Front of World War I and rising by 1917 to the rank of lieutenant general. He had a prominent place in the Coronation of Nicholas II and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavalry Divisions Of The Russian Empire
Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from ''cheval'' meaning "horse") are groups of soldiers or warriors who Horses in warfare, fight mounted on horseback. Until the 20th century, cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry in the roles of reconnaissance, Screening (tactical), screening, and skirmisher, skirmishing, or as heavy cavalry for decisive economy of force and shock attacks. An individual soldier in the cavalry is known by a number of designations depending on era and tactics, such as a cavalryman, Equestrianism, horseman, trooper (rank), trooper, cataphract, knight, Drabant Corps of Charles XII, drabant, hussar, uhlan, mamluk, cuirassier, lancer, dragoon, samurai or horse archer. The designation of ''cavalry'' was not usually given to any Military animal, military forces that used other animals or platforms for mounts, such as chariots, Camel cavalry, camels or War elephant, elephants. Infantry who m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
