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Mikhail Skorodumov
Mikhail Fedorovich Skorodumov () was a Russian general who participated in World War I, the White movement, and founded the Nazi-allied Russian Corps in Serbia during World War II. Skorodumov was born in 1892. He graduated the 1st Cadet Corps and the Pavlovsk Military Academy in 1912, as a sub-lieutenant of the Pavlovsk detachment. In 1914 with his detachment he was sent to the front. He was awarded the St. Vladimir order for bravery in battle, during which he was heavily wounded and consequently placed off duty. Skorodumov lobbied strongly to return to the front, and in 1915 was taken prisoner by the Germans. He unsuccessfully tried to escape three times, and after seven months of imprisonment returned to St. Petersburg in a prisoner exchange agreement (thanks partly to the lobbying of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna). He was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery. In the wake of the October Revolution Skorodumov joined an underground anti-Bolshevik officer's organization. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skorodumov
Skorodumov (), feminine: Skorodumova is a Russian surname. Boris Unbegaun writes that it originates in the tradition of the surnames of Russian Orthodox clergy. This one was given to smart students of theological schools, literally meaning "quick-witted": "skoro-" ('quick') + "-dum-" ('think')+ "-ov" (typical surname suffix).Boris Unbegaun, ''Русские фамилии'', pp169–180/ref> Notable people with the surname include: *Gavriil Skorodumov (1754–1792), Russian engraver, draftsman, and painter *Mikhail Skorodumov, (1892–1963), Russian general * (1888–1955), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (), also called Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia or ROCOR, or Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA), is a semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). Currently, t ... * Valeri Skorodumov See also * * References {{surname Russian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel
Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (, ; ; 25 April 1928), also known by his nickname the Black Baron, was a Russian military officer of Baltic German origin in the Imperial Russian Army. During the final phase of the Russian Civil War, he was commanding general of the anti-Bolshevik White Army in Southern Russia. A member of the prominent Wrangel noble family, Pyotr Wrangel was educated as a mining engineer and volunteered in the Russian Imperial Guard. He served with distinction during World War I as a cavalry commander, reaching the rank of major general. After the February Revolution and Russia's exit from the war, Wrangel retired to Crimea. He was arrested by the Bolsheviks following the October Revolution, but was soon released and later escaped and joined the anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army of the White movement. In 1918, he became Anton Denikin's chief of staff in the Armed Forces of South Russia. Wrangel succeeded Denikin as commander-in-chief of the White forces in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoemaking
Shoemaking is the process of making footwear. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand, often by groups of shoemakers, or '' cordwainers'' (sometimes misidentified as cobblers, who repair shoes rather than make them). In the 18th century, dozens or even hundreds of masters, journeymen, and apprentices (both men and women) would work together in a shop, dividing the work into individual tasks. A customer could come into a shop, be individually measured, and return to pick up their new shoes in as little as a day. Everyone needed shoes, and the median price for a pair was about one day’s wages for an average journeyman. The shoemaking trade flourished in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries but began to be affected by industrialization in the later nineteenth century. Traditional handicraft shoemaking has now been largely superseded in volume of shoes produced by industrial mass production of footwear, but not necessarily in quality, attention to detail, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Shteifon
Boris Aleksandrovich Shteifon (; 6 December 1881 – 30 April 1945) was a Russian lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ... in the Imperial Russian Army, who subsequently served as a general in the White movement, anti-communist White Army, and as the leader of the Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, Nazi-allied Russian Corps in the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia, German occupied territory of Serbia during World War II in World War II in Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. Biography Boris Shteifon was born in 1881 in Kharkiv, Kharkov (now in Ukraine). His father was a Jewish merchant converted to Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christianity, his mother was the daughter of a Russian Orthodox deacon. He graduated from the Chuguyivske J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
