Vsevolod Michailowitsch Abramowitsch

Vsevolod Abramowitsch with his flight student Princess Schachowskaja in Johannisthal in 1912

Vsevolod Abramovich ( Russ. : Всеволод Михайлович Абрамович * July 29 ^{. Jul} / 10. August 1890 ^{. Greg} in Odessa , Russian Empire ; † 24. April 1913 in Berlin-Britz , German Empire ) was a Russian aviator and flight instructor and Grandson of the Yiddish writer Mendele Moicher Sforim . Abramowitsch was born in Odessa and went to Germany after school to study in Charlottenburg at the Technical University thereto study. During this time he was also interested in aviation, took flight lessons and obtained his pilot's license in 1911. He was the main test pilot for the German branch of the Wright brothers' company , the "Flugmaschinen Wright", and undertook a number of flights on the airfield in Johannisthal . The specialist knowledge he gained in the process enabled him to build his own aircraft in 1912, which he flew in several stages to Saint Petersburg , where the machine took part in a competition for several military aircraft. In the same year he broke the altitude record for airplanes by ascending to 2100 meters, as well as the long-term record for transporting four passengers in a flight of 46 minutes and 57 seconds.

Abramowitsch died after his plane crashed on April 24, 1913 at the Johannisthal airfield on the same day in the Berlin-Britz district hospital due to serious injuries. The aircraft was piloted by his girlfriend, Princess Yevgenia Michailowna Schachowskaja , who had a German license since the previous year. The princess was only slightly injured.

Abramovich was buried in the Nicholas Cemetery in Saint Petersburg .

A street not far from the old airfield is named after Abramovich.

literature

Peter Supf : The book of German flight history. Volume 2: Pre-War, War, Post-War. Klemm, Berlin 1935

Web links

Commons : Vsevolod Abramovich - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b according to death certificate no. 160/1913 of the Berlin-Britz registry office from April 26, 1913, Landesarchiv Berlin.
↑ ^a ^b Изяслав Тверецкий (Isjaslaw Twerezki): Photo of Abramowitsch's grave stele . (JPG; 354 KB) In: Российский некрополь / Russian necropolis. necropol.org, September 2009, accessed on October 13, 2019 (Russian, the inscription for the date of birth on the top left reads: 29 июль 1890 (29 July 1890), for the date of death on the top right 12 апреля 1913 (April 12, 1913). Since the grave stele was erected before 1918, both dates are according to the Julian calendar. In the Gregorian calendar, the date of birth is August 10, 1890 and the date of death is April 25, 1913. According to the death certificate, Abramovich was 23 April 1913 Clock died in Berlin at this point in time the date had already changed in the Russian Empire, ie it was April 25, 1913.).

personal data
SURNAME	Abramowitsch, Vsevolod Michailowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Абрамович, Всеволод Михайлович
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian pilot
DATE OF BIRTH	August 10, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Odessa , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 1913
Place of death	Berlin-Britz , German Empire

[C.160.1913-1] rding to death certificate no. 160/1913 of the Berlin-Britz registry office from April 26, 1913, Landesarchiv Berlin.

[necropol-2] Изяслав Тверецкий (Isjaslaw Twerezki): Photo of Abramowitsch's grave stele . (JPG; 354 KB) In: Российский некрополь / Russian necropolis. necropol.org, September 2009, accessed on October 13, 2019 (Russian, the inscription for the date of birth on the top left reads: 29 июль 1890 (29 July 1890), for the date of death on the top right 12 апреля 1913 (April 12, 1913). Since the grave stele was erected before 1918, both dates are according to the Julian calendar. In the Gregorian calendar, the date of birth is August 10, 1890 and the date of death is April 25, 1913. According to the death certificate, Abramovich was 23 April 1913 Clock died in Berlin at this point in time the date had already changed in the Russian Empire, ie it was April 25, 1913.).