Vladimir Senonovich Mai-Majewski
Vladimir May-Mayevsky ( Russian Владимир Зенонович Май-Маевский , scientific. Transliteration Vladimir Zenonovič Maj-Maevskij ; September 15 * . Jul / 27. September 1867 greg. In Mogilev Governorate ; † 30th November 1920 in Sevastopol ) was a Russian General in World War I and Commander in the White Army in the Russian Civil War .
Life
Mai-Majewski came from a noble family of the Mogilev governorate . After graduating from the Military Engineering University in 1888, he attended the Military Academy of the General Staff and completed his training there in 1896. After serving in several Russian regiments, he became a staff officer in the 7th Turkestan Rifle Brigade in 1903. He then fought with the rank of colonel in the Russo-Japanese War . From May 1905 to September 1906 Mai-Majewski was Chief of Staff of the 8th East Siberian Rifle Division. Since August 1910 he was in command of an infantry regiment. At the beginning of the First World War he was promoted to major general and in November 1914 appointed commander of the 11th Infantry Division. Since December 17, 1915 he was "General for Special Orders" with the Chief of the 11th Russian Army. From October 1916 to April 1917 he commanded first the 35th and then the 4th infantry division. At the time of the October Revolution he was in command of the 1st Guard Corps of the Tsarist Army with the rank of Lieutenant General . In March 1918 he joined the White Army in southern Russia under Denikin . He took command of a Cossack division. With the subsequent successful defense of the Don region and the conquest of the city of Kharkov , he and his division achieved the strategic victory that prompted Denikin to launch his offensive on Moscow.
On May 23, 1919 he was promoted by Denikin to commander in chief of the elite association, the so-called volunteer army . In the course of this campaign his troops conquered as the spearhead of White Guards in September Kursk and in October Oryol . The offensive failed, however, when the volunteer army lost Oryol again to the Red Troops six days later. With the failure of the operation, Mai-Majewski was removed from command and General Wrangel was installed in his place . Mai-Majewski then fell into alcoholism .
Vladimir Mai-Majewski died of a heart attack when he boarded a ship in Crimea on November 30, 1920 , which was supposed to evacuate him abroad with remaining soldiers of the White Army.
literature
- K. Zalesskij: Kto byl kto v pervoj mirovoj vojne. Moscow, 2003 (German: Who was who in World War I).
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| SURNAME | Mai-Majewski, Vladimir Senonowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Май-Маевский, Владимир Зенонович (Russian); Maj-Maevskij, Vladimir Zenonovič (scientific transliteration) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian general during the Russian Civil War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mogilev Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1920 |
| Place of death | Sevastopol |