Viktor by choice

Victor von Wahl (1893)

Viktor Karl Konrad William of choice ( Russian Валь, Виктор Вильгельмович Viktor Vladimirovich of choice ; born July 17 ^{. Jul} / 29. July  1840 ^greg. In Ropkoy ; † February 7 ^jul. / 20th February  1915 ^greg. In St. Petersburg ) was a Russian cavalry general .

Life

family

Viktor was a member of the Baltic noble family of choice . His parents were the landowner and parish judge Wilhelm von Wahl (1812–1890) and Anna, née von Brasch (1816–1890). In 1878 he married Elisabeth Sinclair, divorced Melgunowa (1853–1941). The marriage resulted in a son, Wasja von Wahl (1880-1944), Colonel of the Guard , Chief of Staff of the Northwest Army and interpreter for the Wehrmacht .

Career

Wahl attended the engineering school in St. Petersburg. Since 1858 he was in the service of the Imperial Russian Army . He was promoted to colonel in 1873 and became a wing adjutant in 1874 . In the following years he found various uses as governor, for example in 1876 by Yaroslavl , 1878 by Grodno , 1879 by Kharkov , 1880 by Vitebsk , 1884 by Podolia , 1885 by Volhynia , 1889 by Kursk , and finally from 1901 to 1902 by Vilna . As early as 1879, he was assigned to the Imperial Suite in his capacity as a grand adjudicator. His promotion to major general took place in 1883. From 1892 to 1895 he was city governor or city commander of St. Petersburg. He rose to lieutenant general in 1893 . In 1895 he became honorary guardian of the Board of Trustees for Empress Maria . From 1902 to 1903 he worked at the Ministry of the Interior and was commander of the gendarme corps. Wahl became a member of the Reichsrat in 1903 and became General of the Cavalry in 1904.

Awards

• Order of Saint Anne III Class with swords and bows (1864); II class (1871); 1st class (1888)
• Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd class with swords (1864); Imperial Crown (1869); 1st class (1884)
• Franz Joseph Order Commander's Cross (1870)
• Order of the Red Eagle III. Class (1871)
• Royal Crown Order II Class (1873)
• Order of the Iron Crown 2nd class (1874)
• House Order of the Wendish Crown 2nd Class (1876)
• Order of St. Vladimir IV Class; III. Class (1877); II class (1891); 1st class (1914)
• Order of Danilos I for independence II class (1883)
• Star of the Noble House of Bukhara 1st class with diamonds (1893)
• Imperial-Royal Order of the White Eagle (1895)
• Alexander Nevsky Order (1901); Diamonds (1909)

literature

• Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (New Series) , Volume 6, Hamburg 2016, p. 435

Web links

• Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Victor von Wahl. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
• Entry in the Erik Amburger database at the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies