Viktor Illarionowitsch Wassiltschikow
Viktor Illarionowitsch Wassiltschikow ( Russian : Васильчиков, Виктор Иларионович; * May 3, 1820 , † October 5, 1878 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian prince and lieutenant general in the Imperial Russian Army and later Minister of War .
Life
Viktor Illarionowitsch began his military career in the imperial page corps and was assigned to the Mounted Life Guard Regiment in 1839 as a cornet . In 1842 he was assigned to an independent Caucasian corps , where he was adjutant to General Count Paul Christophorowitsch Grabbe and took part in several military missions in the Caucasus War in 1844 . In 1844 he became the adjutant of the Tsar I. Nicholas appointed and accompanied him on his trips to Berlin , The Hague and London . From 1844 to 1845 he traveled through the Russian provinces as a recruiter and then at the end of 1845, again as a wing adjutant, to accompany the tsar to Italy .
From 1849 he served again as an active officer in the Imperial Russian Army, he was under the command of the Russian Marshal Ivan Fyodorowitsch Paskewitsch and took part in the campaign against Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution . He served as the tsar's courier and was transferred to the Dragoon Corps, where he was promoted to colonel on August 7, 1849 .
From 1850 to 1852 he made inspection trips to the European part of Russia and Siberia on behalf of the Tsar . With the beginning of the Russian-Turkish conflict, Nikolaus I sent him as personal adjutant general to Field Marshal Michail Dmitrijewitsch Gorchakov , who was in Bucharest commander of the Southern Army. He then served in the 12th Infantry - Division on the Crimea and led the 1854 siege of Sevastopol . After the conquest of Sevastopol, Vasilchikov was appointed deputy chief of staff of the Sevestopol garrison . During this time he gained a high reputation among the troops and the civilian population for his social commitment and the construction of hospitals . On April 10, 1855, he was promoted to major general and appointed adjutant general to Her Majesty. In December 1855 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Southern Army and took over the chairmanship of the commission to investigate abuses of command. As a member of the Commission for the Improvement of the Military, he presented a report on the state of the Russian cavalry and proposed the establishment of a cavalry academy. At the same time he was promoted to lieutenant general , he was appointed chancellery director of the war ministry and was appointed war minister a year later . In May 1858 he took over the office of executive director of the War Ministry. Due to illness, he stayed abroad in 1861 for spa treatments and resumed his work in 1863. Since his health did not improve, he submitted his departure on July 16, 1867 and went to his property in the Lebedjan district ( Tambov governorate ). He now devoted himself intensively to agriculture and in a very short time acquired good specialist knowledge and was valued as an expert and advisor. At the same time he published, like his brother Alexander Illarionowitsch Wassiltschikow (1818–1881), articles and brochures on agricultural topics. His main works were: “ A few words on civil work ” (Moscow, 1869); “ Do you want it ?” (Moscow, 1870); " Why Russian weapons constantly failed on both the Danube and the Crimea from 1853–1855 " (Russian Archives, 1891).
Awards
Orders and decorations of the Russian Empire
- 1843 Order of St. Anne , 3rd class
- 1849 Order of St. Vladimir , 4th grade
- 1854 Order of St. Vladimir 3rd class
- 1854 golden sword for bravery
- 1855 Order of St. George , 3rd class
- 1856 Order of Saint Stanislaus , 1st class
- 1857 Order of Saint Anne, 1st class with swords (1857)
- 1856 Medal "For the Defense of Sevastopol"
- Medal "In memory of the war of 1853-1856"
Foreign orders and decorations
- 1844 Order of the Dutch Lion , 4th grade
- 1845 Order of Knights of St. Mauritius and Lazarus , 3rd class
- 1845 Order of St. Ferdinand and Merit , 3rd class
- 1845 Austrian-Imperial Leopold Order , 3rd class
- 1849 Austrian Order of the Iron Crown , 2nd class
- 1849 Order of the Württemberg Crown , 2nd class
- 1850 Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order
Origin and family
Knes VI Wassiltschikow came from the Russian princely family Vasilchikov , his father was Prince Illarion Wassiljewitsch Wassiltschikow (1776–1847), whose brothers were Major General Dimitri Wassiljewitsch Wassiltschikow (1778–1859) and Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Wassiltschikow (1781–1849). Viktor's brothers were Lieutenant General Illarion Illarionowitsch Wassiltschikow (1805-1862) and Alexander Illarionowitsch Wassiltschikow (1818-1881). Viktor was unmarried.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wassiltschikow, Viktor Illarionowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Васильчиков, Виктор Иларионович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian Lieutenant General, Adjutant General, Minister of War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1820 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1878 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |