The biography of Kuropatkina is brief

Kuropatkin Aleksey Nikolaevich March 17 [29], Sheshurino, Pskov province-January 16, there is the same Russian military and statesman, infantry general, on December 6, Adjutant General, Military Minister-Member of the State Council, Commander-in-Chief of the acting army during the Russian-Japanese War-Alexey Nikolaevich Kuropatkin graduated Pavlovsk school year. In years, he served in the Turkestan military district in the posts of the platoon and company commander.

He participated in Bukhara campaigns, awarded the orders of St. Stanislav and St. Anna of the 3rd degree with swords and bow. After graduating from the Academy of the General Staff, he was on a scientific business trip in Germany, participated in the hostilities of the French troops in Algeria. He took part in the expedition to large sugar. Returning at the end of the year to Russia, he was transferred to the General Staff and continued to serve at the headquarters of the Turkestan Military District.

For the difference in Kokand campaigns, he was awarded the Order of St. George 4th degree. During the Russo-Turkish War-years old, Lieutenant Colonel Kuropatkin headed the headquarters of the Infantry Division, commanded by General M. He distinguished himself in the battles under a hesitation, Plevna, when crossing the Balkans. For the manifested courage and heroism, Alexei Nikolaevich was promoted to the rank of colonel and awarded the orders of St.

Stanislav and St. Anna of the 2nd degree, St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree and the golden saber with the inscription "For courage". In the years, he took part in the Akhal-Teke campaign of General M. awarded the Order of St. George of the 3rd degree. Then, for years he served in the main headquarters, holding responsible positions. In the year he was promoted to Lieutenant General with the appointment of the head and commander of the troops of the Trans-Caspian region for the years.

During its administration, trade, industry, agriculture began to develop, cities and villages appeared. Kuropatkin was appointed manager of the military ministry, and on July 1 of the same year - the military minister, in this position consisted of on February 7. In the Russo-Japanese war, he consistently held the posts of the commander of the Manchu army on February 7-October 13, commander in chief of all the land and sea armed forces operating against Japan on October 13-March 3, commander of the 1st Manchu army on March 8-February 3.

After the end of the Russo-Japanese War, he was a member of the State Council. In the year, he published the “Report of Adjutant General A. Kuropatkin” in 4 volumes. In the year he was appointed commander of the Grenadier Corps, then-the commander of the 5th Army, in February-the commander-in-chief of the armies of the Northern Front, in July-the Turkestan Governor-General. After the February Revolution of the Year, A.

Kuropatkin was removed from office, arrested and sent to Petrograd, but then released the Provisional Government. Subsequently, Alexei Nikolaevich lived in his estate Sheshurino in the Pskov province, taught in high school, and was engaged in scientific activities. He died on January 16 and was buried in his homeland. Kuropatkin at Art. Tanhoy magazine "Niva".

Niva magazine. The Commander -in -Chief of the Manchu Army A. Kuropatkin arrived in Irkutsk in the evening of March 8 on a special train. Through Baikal, A. Kuropatkin with a retinue and servant crossed horses along the ice road, arrived in Tanha at 14 o’clock. A special railway staff was prepared for his arrival at the station. In order not to interfere with the work of the crossing, this composition was filed not on the marina, but to the Tanha station.

The composition of the special train of A. Kuropatkin is a service car, the dining room with the inventory, etc. The train general of the Adjutant was sent to Manchuria after the resumption of the steam railway crossing. Image: Bull photographer V. Transbaikal region, on the move of the train. In Baikal, I was met by Prince Hilkov. He haggard, lost weight, completely upset his nerves.

Obviously, he took the task not in his physical forces, but fulfilled it with success: 65 steam locomotives in disassembled form and wagons managed to pass along the railway installed along the ice, despite a lot of difficulties and almost daily cracks in the ice. Some parts of the steam locomotives rolled along the rails, beloved by several horses; A boiler, a skeleton were placed on two platforms that rolled along the rails with three double hinders in a sleigh.

The wagons rolled along the rails. The movement of the lower ranks was also organized firmly. Several echelons could be sent a day, but more than four, it seems, was not sent. This is enough. For every four people, a sleigh dressed up, in which clothing bags, short fur coats were brought, if the day is warm. All the things of the soldiers in chests, very large, officer and company property, which did not fit on a state -owned wagon, were taken in the sleigh.

Transition 44 versts. They walked cheerfully. In the middle of the path, a stopping point is arranged. Give dinner. In addition, two stops are arranged at which tea is given. Unfortunately, it is not organized in the tanjo stopping point. A good vast tea is opened with a red cross. Here all the soldiers once again get hot tea.I doubt that it was especially useful in the cold warmly dressed on Lake Baikal to get drunk with hot tea and then go out in the cold again.

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