Petr G. Kravtsov
Russian general (1861-1919)
Petr Gavrilovich Kravtzov (Russian: Пётр Гаври́лович Кравцо́в; January 21, 1861 – January 21, 1919) was an officer of the Russian Imperial Army and major general of the Don Army. During the First World War he was a commander of the Sixteenth Special Don Cossack Regiment, and after his promotion to major general from April 1917 to January 1918 Commander of the 3rd Don Cossack Division.
Biography
Petr Kravtzov was born into a Don Cossacks family of Kravtzov on January 21, 1861, in Rogozina Balka Estate. His father was a Don Cossacks khorunzhyi, Gavriil Pavlovich Kravtzov and his mother was from the pomeschik family, Natalia P. Selavanova (ru:Селивановы). The family were great friends of Anton Chekhov after his first visit to the steppe in 1876 to the Kravtzov's country house in Rogozina Balka. Anton Chekhov privately tutored Petr Kravtzov before his student days in Taganrog
Military career
Kravtzov reported for active duty on September 1, 1879, and was assigned to the 20th Don Cossacks Cavalry Regiment stationed at Don Host Oblast. Between 1882 and 1887, Kravtzov served with the 5th Don Cossack Cavalry Regiment at various postings in Poland and in the West Ukraine.
On April 15, 1898, he was promoted to Yesaul and took command of a troop of the 15th Don Cossack Cavalry Regiment. When World War I began, he was reverted to the rank of colonel in the Russian Imperial Army to which he had been promoted on July 2, 1915. He was placed in command of the 16th Special Escadron of the 14th Army Corps.
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