Georgi Petrovich Polkovnikov
Georgi Petrovich Polkovnikov ( Russian Георгий Петрович Полковников ; born February 23 . Jul / 7. March 1883 greg. In Staniza Kriwjanskaja , Oblast Woiska Donskogo, † March 1918 in Besuglowa at Orlowskaja ) was a Russian military, most recently Colonel .
Life
Polkownikow, who came from a Cossack family - his father Pyotr Polkownikow (1850-1906) was a major general - was chief of the Petrograd military district during the October Revolution in autumn 1917 . Then he joined the white movement , for which he was involved in the formation of Kalmuck troops in the steppes south of the Don (Sadonskaya step) . He was captured and executed by red troops in March 1918 at the winter camp Besuglowa, in the Stanitsa Orlovskaya area .
His person provides one of the characters for the play Weiter… weiter… weiter! by Michail Schatrow .
See also
Web links
- Short biography (Russian)
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| SURNAME | Polkovnikov, Georgi Petrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Polkovnikov, Georgy Petrovich; Polkovnikov, George; Полковников, Георгий Петрович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chief of the Petrograd Military District during the October Revolution in autumn 1917 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krivyanskaya |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1918 |
| Place of death | Besuglowa near Orlovskaya |