Konstantin Grigoryevich Kromiadi

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Constantine Kromiadi ( Russian Константин Григорьевич Кромиади * 1893 in Kars ( Russian Empire ) or Corfu ; † 25. April 1990 in Munich ) was a pontoon Greek anti-communist officer in the tsarist army , on the part of whites in the Russian civil war of and Vlasov Army served and was a supporter of the "Russian Liberation Movement". He joined the Tsarist army voluntarily, became a lieutenant and fought in Persia and also in the Caucasus during the First World War . In the Russian Civil War he received the rank of colonel (Polkownik). After the end of the Russian Civil War, he fled to Germany. He worked as a taxi driver in Berlin.

During the Second World War , Kromiadi initially worked for the East Ministry . In 1942 he became the military commander of the Graukopf special group formed from Russian collaborators under the code name Sanin. After his dismissal and removal from the association, he tried to work together with other emigrants in another Russian collaborative unit, the Druzhina Brigade of the SD, in 1943 and formed a unit in Pskow (Pleskau) that was called “1. Guard Battalion of the ROA ”.

Kromiadi was the first white emigrant to become confidante and ally of the prisoner-of-war Red Army General Andrei A. Vlasov . In 1943 he became Vlasov's chancellery. Kromiadi tried to win other emigrants as supporters for Vlasov, with which he was finally successful at the time of the reading of the Prague Manifesto on November 14, 1944. He secured Vlasov support from the Russian Orthodox Church .

After the end of the war, Kromiadi was still active in the fight against communism, lived in West Germany and worked for Radio Liberty . In 1980 he wrote a book about his experiences in the "Russian Liberation Movement" entitled For the Land, For Freedom ... which was published in San Francisco.

literature

  • Jeanne Vronskaya, Vladimir Chuguev: The biographical dictionary of the former Soviet Union . Browker-Saur, London 1992, pp.?.
  • Burkhard von Grafenstein: From Putsch Plan to Military Experiment: The company "Graukopf" , in: Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies 4, 2, 2010, pp. 108–127.

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personal data
SURNAME Kromiadi, Konstantin Grigoryevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Кромиади, Константин Григорьевич (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pontic Greek anti-communist officer
DATE OF BIRTH 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Kars or Corfu
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1990
Place of death Munich