Nikolai Vekšin
Nikolai Vekšin ( Russian Николай Алексеевич Векшин , * May 11. . Jul / 23 May 1887 greg. In Haapsalu , Russian Empire ; † 15. January 1951 in Norilsk , Russian SFSR ) was a Russian , Estonian and Soviet sailors . From the 1910s until the end of Nicholas II's reign , Vekšin was a member of the highest commission of the Russian Imperial Yacht Club in St. Petersburg. After the revolution in Russia , Vekšin fought against the Bolsheviks on the side of the Russian white movement under Nikolai Yudenich .
Nikolai Vekšin was born in Hapsal in today's Estonian city of Haapsalu as the child of a Russian noble father Alexei Vekšin and his wife Wassa Vekšina (née Scheschukowa). Nikolai Vekšin graduated from the Technical Institute in Saint Petersburg . In 1912 he was a substitute sailor in the Russian team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm . From 1925 to 1940 he was employed by Baltic and Põhja Paberi- ja Puupapivabrikute AS . With the IX. At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , Vekšin was a member of the team of the Estonian boat Tutti V at the age of 41 , which after Norway and Denmark won the bronze medal in the 6-meter class. His colleagues were William von Wirén , Eberhard Vogdt and the two brothers Andreas and Georg Faehlmann .
In 1945 Vekšin won the silver medal at the USSR championships in the L-45 class. In 1945 he received the title of "Master Athlete of the Soviet Union". In 1949 Nikolai Vekšin was arrested as a white officer by the Soviet occupation authorities. He died in a Soviet prison camp in Siberia .
literature
- Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 595
Web links
- Nikolai Vekšin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Sports achievements and photo (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Памятная книжка Императорскаго Рѣчного Яхтъ-Клуба. Петроград, 1916. С. 10.
- ↑ "... because he had been an officer of Yudenich Army"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vekšin, Nikolai |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wekschin, Nikolai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian or Soviet sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haapsalu |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1951 |
| Place of death | Norilsk , Russian SFSR |