Karl von Freymann
Karl von Freymann ( Russian : Карл Владимирович Фрейман; born October 21, 1861 in Narva , † November 20, 1920 in Novgorod ) was of Baltic origin and a major general in the Imperial Russian Army .
Life
Charles had from 1871 to 1880, the School No. 6. Warsaw attended and joined immediately as a volunteer in the Life Guards - Infantry - Regiment one which in Saint Petersburg was stationed. He took part in officer training at the 2nd Konstantinov Military School (later Konstantinov Artillery School), which he completed with an officer license and was promoted to sub-ensign on August 4, 1884 . On January 28, 1885, he was promoted to second lieutenant on the highest orders . He served as a battalion adjutant of the 4th battery from 1886 to 1893 and was temporarily a regimental adjutant and head of the soldiers' children's school. On April 9, 1889, he was promoted to lieutenant with retroactive effect to January 28, 1889 and officially appointed head of the soldiers' children's school from October 8, 1891, which he then headed until September 15, 1895. He then served in the 2nd Battalion of the Body Guard Regiment and took part in the coronation ceremonies of Tsar Nicholas II in Moscow in 1896 . His next promotion to staff captain took place in 1897, at the same time he was appointed company commander of the 3rd and later the 13th company , in 1900 he was promoted to captain in this role. From 1905 to 1908 he was regimental supply officer and was promoted to colonel in 1907 . On November 17, 1908, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Battalion and commanded it until 1910. He now took on a number of different special tasks and was then on March 9, 1913, commander of the Imperial Russian 85th Viborgian Infantry Regiment, Sr. Royal Highness of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia in Novgorod. With this regiment he took part in the First World War from 1914 and fought with it at Heidenburg and Loh, as well as the capture of Warsaw. In December 1914 he was promoted to major general and was then brigade commander and later commander of a division ; he had been deployed on the western and southern fronts in Romania until the end of the war . After the war, he and his family lived in the simplest of conditions in Novgorod. He got caught up in the vortex of the October Revolution and was imprisoned , where he was sentenced to forced labor . As a result of kidney disease that he contracted during imprisonment and deportation , he died shortly after his release on November 20, 1920.
Awards
During the First World War he was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir (4th and 3rd class) and the Golden Sword for bravery . He had previously been decorated with the following medals:
- 1903 Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus (3rd class)
- 1906 Russian Order of Saint Anne (3rd class)
- 1915 Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus (1st and 2nd class)
- 1898 Bulgarian Order of Saint Alexander 5th grade
In addition, he was honored with several medals and chest badges: the coronation medal Nikolai II., Commemorative medal for the 1897 census, medal of the Red Cross, chest badge to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Life Guard Grenadier Regiment and the 85th Viborg Regiment.
Origin and family
Karl came from the noble family von Freymann and was the son of the landowner Otto Woldemar von Freymann adH Nursie (1828–1871) and Pauline Sophie von Stackelberg (1828–1903). He married Natalie Therese Lucander (* 1866 in Finland) in 1895. Her descendants were: Eugenie (* 1896 in Saint Petersburg, † 1902 in Udelnyana Russia), Margarethe (* May 15, 1900 in Saint Petersburg) and Helene (Nelly) (* 1904 in Saint Petersburg).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ K. Russian 85th Viborgian Infantry Regiment, Sr. Royal Highness of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 4, 2017
- ^ The All-Russian Census of 1897 , accessed December 4, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Freymann, Karl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Freymann adH Nursie, Carl von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Narva |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1920 |
| Place of death | Novgorod |