Georgy Petrovich Polkovnikov (; March 7, 1883 – March 1918) was a

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military leader, commander–in–chief of the Petrograd Military District in September – October 1917, his last military rank was

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Biography

Born into the family of a Cossack officer. Graduated from the Mikhailovskoye Artillery School (1904). Member of the

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. In 1912, he graduated from the Academy of the General Staff. After graduating from the academy, he commanded a

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in the 12th Don Cossack Regiment. During

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, he served at the headquarters of the

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of the 5th Cavalry Corps, and then in the Ussuri Cavalry Division. On March 1, 1916, he was awarded the

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, 4th Degree for the distinction in battles. From February 1917 – Chief of Staff of the Ussuri Cavalry Division. Since July 1917, he commanded the 1st Amur Cossack Regiment of the 3rd Cavalry Corps of General Alexander Krymov. During the Kornilov Revolt, together with the regiment, he took the side of the

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. With this in mind, on September 17, 1917, he was appointed commander–in–chief of the troops of the Petrograd Military District. From September 29, 1917, after the reassignment of the district directly to the commander of the Northern Front, he began to be called the chief of the district. Before the October Uprising, he conducted negotiations with the

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on November 4–5. On November 7, 1917, on the eve of the uprising, he was removed by the Provisional Government from his post for "indecision" in the fight against the advancing revolution and replaced by the chief of staff, General Yakov Bagratuni. On November 11, 1917, as the commander of the army of the Committee for the Salvation of the Motherland and the Revolution, he led the Cadet Action in Petrograd after he had developed his plan. The revolt was suppressed the next day, November 12, 1917, by the Bolsheviks, and Polkovnikov tried to move to the Don. In March 1918, he was arrested by the organs of Soviet power in the Zadonskaya Steppe and was shot by the verdict of the

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Opinions of contemporaries

Peter Krasnov:

References

Sources

*David Golinkov. Who Was the Organizer of the Junker Uprising in October 1917 // Questions of History – 1966 – No. 3 *Ivan Lutovinov. Elimination of the Kerensky–Krasnov Mutiny – Moscow, 1965

External links

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