Pyotr Ivanovich Oganovsky (russian: Пётр Иванович Огановский; 26 August 1851 – c. 1917) was a Russian
general of the infantry General of the Infantry is a military rank of a General officer in the infantry and refers to:
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who participated in the
Russo-Turkish War
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,
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...
and the
First World War
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. He was also a writer.
Biography
Oganovsky was born on 26 August 1851 into an
Orthodox Christian
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Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity, but different Churche ...
noble family. He graduated from the .
He entered the
Russian Imperial Army
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on 9 August 1867 and in 1870 he graduated from the
Vilnius Military School
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in the first category with the rank of ''
praporshchik
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'' (ensign). He served in the 118th Shuisky Infantry Regiment. From 21 April 1871 he held the rank of ''
podporuchik
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'' (second lieutenant), a ''
poruchik
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'' (lieutenant) from 30 March 1874, and ''
stabs-kapitan'' (staff captain) from 1 May 1877. In 1882 he graduated from the
General Staff Academy.
From 22 May 1882 to 30 April 1885, Oganovsky was senior adjutant of the headquarters of the
16th Infantry Division. He was promoted to Captain on 8 April 1884. From 24 March 1885 to 15 November 1888, he was senior adjutant of the headquarters of the
8th Army Corps. From 4 October 1888 to 17 June 1895, he was a staff officer in the management of the head of the 10th local brigade and was promoted to
lieutenant colonel with seniority on 4 September 1889. From 1 May to 1 September 1892, he served the qualifying command of a battalion in the and was promoted to
colonel
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In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge ...
on 23 March 1893.
From 15 January 1896 to 1900, Oganovsky was chief of staff of the troops of
Ural Oblast
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. From 2 September 1900 to 25 March 1904, he was commander of the of the
20th Infantry Division. On 25 March 1904, he was promoted to Major General. Oganovsky then participated in the
Russo-Japanese War
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. From 25 March 1904 to 23 March 1905, he was commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Siberian Infantry Division and from 23 March 1905 to 21 November 1906, was
quartermaster general of the
1st Manchurian Army.
From 21 November 1906 to 18 April 1907, Oganovsky was chief of the 53rd infantry reserve brigade, and from 18 April 1907, chief of the 66th infantry reserve brigade. He also served as chief of the 52nd Infantry Brigade. On 18 April 1910, he was promoted to Lieutenant General and from 24 October 1910, he was the head of the
51st Infantry Division.
On 31 December 1913, Oganovsky was promoted to the rank of General of the Infantry with dismissal from service according to the age qualification. With the outbreak of the
First World War
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, he was returned to service and assigned to the reserve ranks at the headquarters of the
Kiev Military District
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. In 1914, he was commander of the 66th Infantry Division. On 24 January 1915 he was appointed commander of the . On 19 December 1915, he was dismissed from office due to illness and was assigned to the reserve ranks at the headquarters of the
Petrograd Military District
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. Commander of the
3rd Army Corps from 16 April 1916. Since 11 September of the same year, he was in the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Petrograd Military District. From September 1916 to 1917 he was in the reserve ranks of the headquarters of the
Minsk Military District, from 17 June 1917 he was in the reserve ranks of the
Caucasus Military District
The Caucasus Military District (russian: Кавказский военный округ, ''Kavkazskiy voenniy okrug'') was a military formation of the Imperial Russian Army. It was created in 1865 as the successor to the Caucasus Army, and was dis ...
.
The further fate is unknown aside from his death date being somewhere around 1917.
Family
Oganovsky was married as of 1911.
*Father - John Lavrentievich Oganovsky
*Sisters - Sofia Ivanovna Oganovskaya and Lyubov Ivanovna Oganovskaya
*Son - (1874-1938) agricultural economist, statistician and politician.
Works
*''A brief report on the activities of the Quartermaster General of the 1st Manchurian Army'' / Quartermaster General General-M. Oganovsky. - Moscow: Partnership "Printing S. P. Yakovlev", 1906. - 37 p .; 27 cm.
*''Some instructions about the military operations of the troops, derived from the experience of the Russian-Japanese war.'' Elizavetpol : A. Gadzhi-Hasanov's typographic press, 1907 .-- 38 p.
Awards
*
Order of St. Vladimir
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, II Class (6 December 1909);
*Order of St. Vladimir, III Class (1899);
*Order of St. Vladimir, IV Class (1896);
*
Order of St. Alexander Nevsky with Swords (June 7, 1915);
*
Order of the White Eagle (December 6, 1913) with swords (November 23, 1915);
*
Order of St. Anna, 1st class with swords (1905);
*Order of St. Anna, II Class (1891);
*Order of St. Anna, III Class (1883);
*
Order of St. Stanislaus
The Order of Saint Stanislaus ( pl, Order Św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika, russian: Орден Святого Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Poni ...
, I Class (1904);
*Order of St. Stanislaus II degree (1887);
*Order of St. Stanislaus III degree (1878);
*
Golden Weapon for Bravery (1905)
[ '' E. E. Ismailov ''. Golden weapon with the inscription "For Bravery". Lists of Cavaliers 1788-1913. - M., 2007, p. 357 ]
References
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1851 births
1917 deaths
Russian military personnel of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Russian military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War
Russian military personnel of World War I
Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
Imperial Russian Army generals
Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class
Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 2nd class
Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 3rd class
Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery