Voitsakhovsky brief biography

As a native of Vitebsk, Sergei Voitskhovsky tried to disrupt the Munich conspiracy for the year, he reached his career ceiling, becoming the army general. He lived a bright and unique life: a graduate of the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff, a participant in the First World War, one of the leaders of the White movement in the east of Russia, one of the most prominent generals of interwar Czechoslovakia, trying to find a military solution to the Munich conspiracy of the year.

The military traditions in the Wojciech family were strong: his father Nikolai Karlovich and Uncle Mikhail Karlovich, who distinguished themselves in the Russian-Turkish war of the years during the liberation of Bulgaria, became the generals of the Russian army. Based on the surname, both senior Wojciechskiy, nobles of the Vitebsk province, who studied at the Vitebsk gymnasium, sometimes called the "Poles" during the service.

In fact, it was a family typical for the gentry of Belarusian lands with a familiar way of life. Settled in old age in exile in Bulgaria, Mikhail Karlovich retained these traditions fully. According to the recall of one of the memoirists, "in Bulgaria he came to life, however, in the process of" treatment "he was, as they say, not in any eye, and was an example of a true military and gentleman." Sergei Nikolaevich had a biography typical of a promising young officer before the First World War.

He graduated from the Konstantinovsky artillery school in St. Petersburg, successfully completed his studies at the Academy of the General Staff in the year. Equally served in the troops, among other things, he served in the Grodno province. A year before the First World War, in July, he graduated in Moscow by the air school of the Imperial Society of Aeronading.

The passion for the conquest of the sky was preserved in the mature years - already being a high -ranking Czechoslovak general, Wojciekhovsky continued to fly, mastering the modern types of aircraft. Young Wojciechowski in the year was close to participating in the Russo-Japanese War, but did not get to the front due to the cessation of hostilities. The first war for the young officer was the First World War, in the course of which from December to the beginning of the year he served on Belarusian land in Molodechno.

In the Russian Imperial Army, he rose to the lieutenant colonel, was wounded in the leg and under the shoulder blade. Already under the Provisional Government in August, his fate changed significantly, predetermining the post-war career: Sergei Nikolaevich was seconded to the Czech-Slovak rifle brigade as part of the Russian army as chief of staff.

Formally, this was a decrease in the service, but in fact - a great success: the Czechoslovak formations in the context of the rapid collapse of the rest of the army remained completely combat -ready. Voitsakhovsky acquired at a new place of service with valuable acquaintances that allowed him to not only move to Czechoslovakia in the year, but also confirm the General Chin received in its army.

During the Civil War until the spring of the year, Sergey Nikolaevich fought with the Reds, commanding the Czechoslovak units, and he became general by decision of the Czechoslovak National Council. In M his rank, Major General was confirmed when the Kolchak army was transferred to the army. Having gained fame as one of the most capable military leaders in the ranks of the White, Voitsakhovsky at the end of the year was evacuated to Constantinople.

Unlike most associates in the fight against the Bolsheviks, he had where to continue military service, and the fate of the Bulgakov General Charnota certainly did not threaten him. Already at the beginning of the year, Sergey Nikolaevich joins the ranks of the army of the Czechoslovak Republic with the rank of Brigadier General. The young Czechoslovak state, professional military specialists with good training needed an acutely, Wojciekhovsky, even after the adoption of Czechoslovak citizenship, could not claim the highest positions, although in his certifications of the early 10ths you can find lines about the suitability to take the post of Czechoslovak General Staff.

The native of Vitebsk reached his career ceiling by the year, becoming the fourth most important commander in the military hierarchy of Czechoslovakia with the rank of general of the army. With the personal assistance of the first Czechoslovak President Tomash Masarik, he became the commander of the capital's Prague Military District. The second president of the country, Eduard Benesh Wojciechovsky, did not like, and in the context of the relationship of relations with the USSR, who was outlined in the same mitting, he was ready to resign the former White General.

But the appointment of Voitskhovsky was among the "Testaments of Masarika", and Benesh could not dismiss him. At meetings with Soviet representatives, Sergei Nikolaevich fundamentally spoke only French: he never fell in love with the Bolsheviks. Before the First World War, he had a typical biography of the position of the district commander and the president, the Munich’s days of the Munich conspiracy in late September were faced with the tragic for Czechoslovakia.

Hitler, with the assistance of Mussolini and Prime Ministers of Great Britain and France Chamberlain and Daladier, agreed on the dismemberment of the Czechoslovak state.The authorities in Prague made Munich decisions meekly, referring to the unpreparedness to a large war, in which Hungary and Poland would have appeared on the side of Germany. Benes chose such a line of behavior: “I will not lead the nation to slaughter,” already in October he left the post of president and flew to exile in London.

Meanwhile, the army of Czechoslovakia was one of the strongest in Europe. Benesha persuaded to fight with Hitler only a small group of military, led by Voitsakhovsky, but unsuccessfully. In the spring of the year after the liquidation of the Czechoslovak statehood, Sergei Nikolaevich was fired from the army, during the Second World War he resolutely refused to serve the Germans and General Vlasov.