Grigory Afanasyevich Verjbitsky () (born January 25, 1875, Letychiv,

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— died December 20, 1942

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) was one of the leaders of the

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and Primoriye during the

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(1918). Verjbitsky was graduated from the Odessa Infantry Engineering School in 1897. He was a participant of the

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the ...

and

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and he became a

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in 1915. Verjbitsky joined the Omsk Provisional Government of Admiral Kolchak and was appointed as a commander of the 3rd Steppe Siberian Corps becoming Lieutenant-General. After the defeat of Admiral Kolchak's armies in the Ural and Western Siberia, Verzhbitsky took part in the

Great Siberian Ice march The Great Siberian Ice March () was the name given to the winter retreat of Admiral Kolchak's Siberian Army from Omsk to Chita, in the course of the Russian Civil War between 14 November 1919 and March 1920. General Vladimir Kappel, who w ...

. After arrival at Chita, Ataman Grigory Semyonov trusted into his hands the 2nd Separate Rifle Corps of the Far Eastern Army from February to August 23, 1920. Verjbitsky escaped to China and even was a deputy of the Constituent Assembly of the

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but did not participate in its work. He headed the

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Army of Spiridon Dionisovich Merkulov from 1921 to 1922. After the final defeat from the Soviets Verzhbitsky settled down in Harbin heading the branch of the

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. The Japanese sent him to Tianjin in 1934, where he died eight years later. Verjbitsky was awarded with: *

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of the Fourth Degree * Order of St. George of the Third Degree * Order of St. Anna, 2nd class * Order of St. Anna, 4th class *

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, 3rd class * Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class * Cross of St. George with a palm branch by his soldiers.

References

*Бушин А. Ю. Во имя России: генерал-лейтенант Г. А. Вержбицкий // Белая армия. Белое дело. — Екатеринбург. — 2000. — № 7. {{DEFAULTSORT:Verzhbitsky, Grigory 1875 births 1942 deaths People from Letychiv White movement lieutenant generals White Russian emigrants to China Russian All-Military Union members History of Zabaykalsky Krai Primorsky Krai Russian military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War Russian military personnel of World War I People of the Russian Civil War Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Third Degree Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 3rd class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class Recipients of the Cross of St. George