Peter Polovtsov
Peter Alexandrovich Polovtsov, (Russian: Пётр Александрович Половцов; 11 July [O.S. 30 May] 1874, Tsarskoye Selo – 9 April 1964 Monte Carlo) was a Russian Tsarist General.[1]
Peter was the son of Alexander Polovtsov.
Peter escaped from Russia in February 1918 with the aid of the British agents Ranald MacDonell and Edward Noel.[2] He was provided with the passport of Reverend Jesse Yonan, an American missionary, and travelled in disguise from Tbilisi to Baku on the Transcaucasus Railway. They travelled on a train escorted by 10,000 armed troops of the Bolshevik Red Army. Noel's involvement in this came to light when he was held captive by the Jangalis in March 1918, and was used to pressurise MacDonell, then in Baku, to desist from trying to topple the Baku Commune.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Половцов Петр Александрович".
- ^ Fitzpatrick, David. "Edward William Charles Noel – political officer and spy". blogs.bl.uk. British Library. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ On Secret Service East of Constantinople by Peter Hopkirk, John Murray, 1994
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- 1874 births
- 1964 deaths
- People from Pushkin, Saint Petersburg
- People from Tsarskoselsky Uyezd
- Imperial Russian Army generals
- Russian Provisional Government generals
- Freemasons of the Grand Lodge of France
- Orientalists of the Russian Empire
- Saint Petersburg Mining University alumni
- Russian military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War
- Russian military personnel of World War I
- White Russian emigrants to France
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of St. George
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class
- Graduated of the St. Petersburg Mining Institute (until 1917)