Kravtsov family (Don Cossacks)
Kravtsov (Russian: Кравцов, this family was a noble family Don Cossacks of a Polish origin. Owned the property in near Antratsyt. Anton Chekhov's first visit to the steppe was made in 1876 with the Kravtzoff family whose son - Pyotr Krawtzoff he tutored during his student days alone in Taganrog.[1]
During the Civil war in Russia a lot of members including old people, women's and kids was killed by Bolsheviks and in 1920s by Soviets.[2] Today most part of family lives in city of Melbourn in Australia, several countries of Europe and United States.[3]
Notable family members[]
- Petr G. Kravtsov, (1861—1919) was a Russian General during the First World War and a Don Cossack White movement General in the opening stages of Russian Civil War. He was killed by Bolsheviks in Battle for Tsaritsyn.[4]
- Alexey V. Kravtsov - (1879 – December 30, 1918), was the son of Yesaul Vladimir A. Kravtsov, hero of the Russo-Japanese War. Colonel of the Imperial Russian Army. He was a military commander and organizer of the 1st Cossack Volunteer Cavalry Regiment at the stanitsa Ust-Medveditskaya. He shot himself after he was wounded during the Battle of Loznoye from December 22 to December 30, 1918 where his regiment save by manoeuvre young Volunteer Army.[5]
External links[]
- Shumkov, A.A., Ryklis, I.G. List of noble families of the Don Cossacks in alphabetical order. VIRD Publ House, Sankt-Peterburg. 2000, (in Russian)
References[]
- ^ Letter to Krawtzoff, 29 January 1883. Chekhov A.P., Letters of Anton Tchehov to his family and friends. Publ: University of Michigan Library. 1920
- ^ I.Ilyin. Historie Donských Kozáků. Praha. 2006
- ^ Dr. George Krawtzoff, 76, longtime chairman of the radiology department at West Suburban Hospital Medical Center in Oak Park, died Wednesday in his Oak Park home, January 18, 1999
- ^ Memories of Semyon Budyonny. First Book. Moscow: Voenizdat, 1958. Chapter IV. Crashing of the White Army of General Krasnov. http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/budenny_sm/1_04.html
- ^ Golubintzev, A.V., «Russian Vandea», 1995, p.24, 80. http://krukov-fond.ru/page,2,russsianvandeya.html
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