Posts Tagged “military”

November 11, 2010 Posted Under: military   Read More

Biography of Michael G. Zakharenko

Zakharenko, Mikhail G. (1947). Deputy Chief of Navy of Russia from July 2001, the admiral, born in 1947 in the Krasnodar region, graduated from Faculty of navigational Pacific Higher Naval School, Naval Academy and the General Staff Academy, he served on nuclear missile submarine cruisers strategic, since December 1996 has held the post of Chief of Staff of the Pacific Fleet in July 1997 – July 2001 – Commander of the Pacific Fleet.

November 10, 2010 Posted Under: military   Read More

Biography Obleuhova Alexander Nikanorovich

Obleuhov Aleksandr Prokhorov (1824 – 01/23/1879) – Maj.-Gen. Place out of hereditary nobles Kherson. His father, N. Obleuhov, was an artillery colonel. Upon reaching the age of 10 AN was given in Pavlovsky Cadet Corps, who graduated in 1842. Produced in a non-commissioned officers on August 8 that year, he was appointed to the Life Guards Pavlovsky Regiment, with whom, incidentally, participated in the Hungarian campaign. Further office Obleuhova spent in Siberia, first as commander of the Siberian line № 13 Battalion, then as a member of the military department of the former Irkutsk Field commissariat. In the latter capacity, he spent nearly three years, during which he was awarded the Order of St. Anna's 3rd degree (for participation in the accession of the Amur region of Russia) and the rank of colonel. Wasted health soon forced him to temporarily resign (30 th August 1858) and only 9 th November 1864 he again entered the service. Numbered with the Directorate General of Eastern Siberia, he was soon appointed first Achinsk mayor, and the 23rd of August next year Yenisei mayor. After the administrative reform in Eastern Siberia, he was the 1 st January 1868 was appointed the Yenisei district police chief and 27 April of that year – to fulfill the post of commander of the 2 nd Brigade walking Transbaykal Cossack troops. After a year and a half of AN was assigned to the headquarters of the local troops of the St. Petersburg Military District, with enrollment of a candidate for the provincial military commander. Held in the headquarters of the local troops of St. Petersburg Military District, Obleuhov performed several duties of the provincial military commander (in Olonets), head of the St. Petersburg Semenov, Alexander's military hospital, etc., and from 1872 to 1874 has repeatedly been nominated in the temporary military district courts established in the cities. Petrozavodsk, Arkhangelsk and Belozyorsk. Then, the 8 th May 1874 Obleuhov was the chairman of the Audit Commission for Schliesselburg military penal company. Earn a full pension AN tendered his resignation and the 2 nd December 1876 was promoted to Major Generals from retirement, with a uniform and a pension, then stayed in St. Petersburg, where he lived until his death.

November 9, 2010 Posted Under: military   Read More

Biography Kurasova Vladimir Vasilyevich

Kurasov, Vladimir Vasilyevich (06 (18) .07.1897), Soviet military commander, Army General (1948), the Hero of the Soviet Union (07/05/1964), Professor (1963).

Member of the CPSU since 1928. Born in a family servant. In 1918 the Soviet army, the Civil War 1918-20, chief of the detachment of seamen.

He graduated from the Military Pedagogical Inst (1921), the Military Academy. Frunze (1932), the Military Academy of the General Staff (1938). In 1921 – 40 in teaching and staff positions.

November 9, 2010 Posted Under: military   Read More

Bio-Dibich Zabalkanski Ivan Ivanovich

Dibich-Zabalkansky Ivan Ivanovich (1785 – 1831) – Earl, Field Marshal. Put her father in Berlin Cadet Corps, Dibich-Zabalkansky soon attracted the attention of brilliant successes in the sciences.

On arrival in St. Petersburg (1801) he was determined ensign in the Guards Semenov regiment, after which began zealously top of his military education and the Russian language. During the first war with Napoleon, Dibich-Zabalkansky rendered meritorious in the battles of Austerlitz and Heilsberg.

November 8, 2010 Posted Under: military   Read More

Biography of Louis de Bourbon Condé

Conde, Louis de Bourbon (Prince of Conde) (1621 – 1686), known as the Grand KA – one of the famous generals, was born in Paris in 1621, died in Fontainebleau in 1686g. When his father's lifetime K. held the title of Duke of Enghien, and early (1641) married a niece of Richelieu, Marie-Breese.

Began his military career for 17 years, he was 22 the command of troops in the war with Spain, comes out on May 19, 1643 landslide victory of Rocroy (amounting to an era in military history) and ends with the campaign this year, taking Tionvillya and several other cities.

Replacing the track. by Turenne, C. receives appointment Commander in Germany and Freiburg (1644) defeated the Bavarian General Mersey. Capture of Mainz, Philippsburg, victory at Nördlingen (1645) follow the bloody battle at

In 1646, K. possession, after a series of military operations, Dunkirk. Seconded to Catalonia (1647), K. unsuccessfully besieged Lleida, but due in 1648 in the Netherlands, is destroyed when the remnants of the once formidable Lens App. Infantry, and contributes to this conclusion of the Peace of Westphalia.

During the outbreak of anti-Fronde K. took first side of Mazarin and mastered Paris, but between the ambitious and arrogant and overbearing commander minister clash was inevitable. By order of cardinal K. was imprisoned in Vincennes Castle.

November 6, 2010 Posted Under: military   Read More

Biography of Charles Gerzdorfa Maksimovic

Gerzdorf Carl Maksimovich (1761 – 09/22/1813) – Major General, was born in 1761 (on formulary, in 1813 it was 52 years old), came from the Danish nobility PM Reyburga. He began serving in the Danish army, where accepted 5 July 1788 from the captains of the same rank in the Russian service in the Astrakhan Grenadier Regiment. In the same year, of the Turkish War and opposed the assault on December 6 Ochakov produced in seconds-majors. With the dissolution of the Astrakhan regiment moved with the battalion May 19, 1790 in Dniprovskyi Grenadier Regiment. In the same year G. went to the rowing fleet on the Black Sea from Ochakov to the Danube, was landing in the capture of Suntanskoy battery and being sent with the advance guard in front of the column came under cannon shots to the battery and turned the enemy to flight, for what is produced in Prime majors (January 29, 1791), with the conquest of Tulcea G. pursued the enemy, but during the siege and storming of Izmail with division took the battery, drove with her enemy, and destroyed the gun, what March 31, 1792 awarded the Order of St.. George 4 tablespoons .. 24 June 1792 was transferred to the Sevsk Musketeer Regiment.

November 5, 2010 Posted Under: military   Read More

Biography of Barclay de Tolly, Mikhail Bogdanovich

Barclay de Tolly, Mikhail Bogdanovich (1761 – 14/05/1814), Barclay de Tolly – princes and noblemen. That's the name of Scottish origin.

The ancestor of them, a Scotsman of the name Barclay of Tolly, left their country during the troubles in Britain in the seventeenth century and settled in Riga. One of his descendants was the Mayor of Riga, and had a son, a former military service, and bought the noble rank of (officer's rank was acquired while the nobility).

The latter left a son, Eric John, who served inzhenergeneralom, Henry Major – Artillery and Prince Michael Andreas – later famous general, famous for in 1812 and 1813.

November 4, 2010 Posted Under: military   Read More

Biography Matyushkina Lopatin

Matyushkin Fedor Fedorovich (10 (21) .07.1799 – 16 (28) .09.1872), Russian seaman, Admiral (1867).

One of the closest companions of Alexander Pushkin. He graduated Tsarskoselsky Lyceum (1817).

In 1817 – 1819, entering the fleet voluntarily participated in the circumnavigation VM Golovkin on the sloop "Kamchatka", in 1820 – 1824 – in the Arctic expedition Wrangell, in conjunction with it inspected and put the card on. Chetyrehstolbovoy, independently examined the large space of the tundra east of the Kolyma River, collected valuable ethnographic materials in 1825 – 1827 – a circumnavigation Wrangell on the sloop "mild".

In 1828 – 1829 participated in the Russian-Turkish War, commanding the various warships. In 1835, he served on the Black Sea Fleet, in 1850 – 1851 – the Baltic Fleet.

Since 1852 in senior positions in the Naval Office, since 1858 chairman of the Naval Scientific committee.

Since 1861, Senator.

Cit.: Journal circumnavigation on his ship "Kamchatka" under the command of Captain Golovkin, in the book.: Shur, LA, to the shores of the New World, M., 1971.

Lit.: Wrangel, FP, Journey to the northern shores of Siberia and the Arctic Sea 1820 – 24, Moscow, 1948; J. Groth, K., Pushkin, his comrades, Mr. Lyceum mentors, 2 ed. St. Petersburg, 1899; Total Marine List, Part 7, St. Petersburg, 1893.

November 2, 2010 Posted Under: Astronauts   Read More

Biography Miche Paul Petrovich

Miche Pavel Petrovich (07/12/1921 – 02/06/2004) – fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), Colonel. Member of the Great Patriotic War of October 1942 fought in the 897 IAP, was commander of the squadron.

He flew 172 sorties, 35 air battles personally shot down 16 (1 ram) and in Group 7 enemy aircraft. After the war until 1973 he served in the Air Force. Miche, Pavel Petrovich Commander Squadron 897 th Fighter Regiment (288 th Fighter Air Division, 17 th Air Force, the 3rd Ukrainian Front) Captain. Born July 12, 1921 in Smolensk in the family of the employee. Russian.

October 26, 2010 Posted Under: military   Read More

Biography of Suvorov Alexander Vasilyevich

Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich (24/11/1730 – 05/18/1800). His father, General-in-chief Vasily Suvorov, a godson of Peter I. Alexander's mother, Evdokia Fedosevna Manukova, died early, when Suvorov not yet turned, and 15 years. Care and education, Alexander has received at home, studying the necessary items and foreign languages. Alexander studied very diligently and dreamed of a military career. The father, in connection with health Alexander, decided to send his son to the civil service. However, that would be only a military and persistently develop the strength and endurance, all-weather riding involved. Father was forced to change its decision and record of Alexander Semenov regiment as a private. At the age of fifteen Suvorov entered the regiment as an ordinary soldier, and like everyone else, went to the guard, stood on guard.