Sergei Leonidowitsch Markow
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
|---|---|
| Сергей Леонидович Марков | |
| Transl. : | Sergej Leonidovič Markov |
| Transcr. : | Sergei Leonidowitsch Markow |
Sergei Leonidowitsch Markow ( Russian Серге́й Леони́дович Ма́рков ; born July 7, 1878 in the Saint Petersburg governorate ; † June 25, 1918 in the Metschotinskaja , Kuban region ) was a Russian military with the rank of lieutenant general. He was one of the founders of the Volunteer Army , an association of the White Army in southern Russia at the time of the Russian Civil War .
Life
In 1904 he completed his training as a career officer at the Imperial Nicholas Military Academy ( Imperatorskaja Nikolajewskaja wojennaja akademija ). He fought in the Russo-Japanese War and was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir .
Between 1911 and 1914 he taught at the St. Petersburg Imperial Nicholas Military Academy. During the First World War , Markov fought under the command of General Denikin and was awarded the Order of St. George for his bravery .
After the February Revolution of 1917 , Markov was promoted to Chief of Staff of the Southwest Front, but was later dismissed from his post and arrested for his support for General Lawr Kornilov during the Kornilov putsch ( Kornilowskoje vystuplenije ). On November 19, 1917, Markov escaped from prison in Bychau and together with Generals Denikin and Kornilow set up the volunteer army in the Don region .
At the beginning of the Second Kuban Campaign , Markov was fatally wounded in combat with the Red Army near the city of Salsk and died only a few days later. The volunteer army has named a regiment ( 1-j Ofizerski generala Markowa polk ) after him.
His person provides one of the characters for the play Weiter… weiter… weiter! by Michail Schatrow .
See also
literature
- Günter Rosenfeld (ed.), Pawlo Skoropadskyj : Memories 1917 to 1918 . Steiner, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-515-07467-8 (Sources and Studies on the History of Eastern Europe, Volume 55) /books.google.de
Web links
- Марков Сергей Леонидович (Russian)
- Сергей Марков (Марков Сергей Леонидович) (Russian)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Markov, Sergei Leonidowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Markov, Sergey Leonidovich; Markow, Sergej Leonidowitsch; Марков, Сергей Леонидович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian officer, most recently lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Petersburg Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1918 |
| Place of death | Mechotinskaya , Kuban region |