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Mikhail Pavlovich Babich(July 23, 1844 - October 18, 1918, near Pyatigorsk) - Russian cavalry general, chief ataman of the Kuban Cossack army (1908-1917).
Orthodox. From the nobles of the Kuban Cossack army. Born in the family of a Kuban Cossack, a hero of the Russian-Turkish and Caucasian wars, the famous Lieutenant General Pavel Denisovich Babych (1801-1883). Brother of George Babich.
He was given for education in the Mikhailovsky Voronezh Cadet Corps.
In 1862 he was sent to military service in the Tarutinsky 67th Infantry Regiment.
In 1863 he took part in last battles Caucasian war then served in various military units. In 1864, for the difference in the capture of the village of Sochi, Junker M. Babich received his first award - George Cross 4th degree.
Member of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. He distinguished himself in combat operations as part of the Erivan detachment, for which he received the rank of captain, in 1880-1881 he fought under the command of General M. D. Skobelev during the Akhal-Teke expedition. He was awarded the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, White Eagle, St. Vladimir 2nd and 3rd degree and many other awards.
In 1888 he was appointed commander of the 4th Kuban Plastun Battalion. From 1893 he again commanded Russian infantry regiments.
In May 1897, M.P. Babych was transferred to his homeland and appointed ataman of the Yekaterinodar department. Kuban region.
In 1899, he was a senior assistant to the head of the Kuban region and the chief ataman of the Kuban Cossack army with the rank of major general.
On December 1, 1906, he was appointed to the post of military governor of the Kars region. He held this position until February 3, 1908.
On November 17, 1914, for an impeccable 50-year service in officer ranks, he was promoted to general of the cavalry.
On March 26, 1917, the Provisional Government of Russia, M.P. Babych, was “dismissed from service in accordance with a petition for poor health, with a uniform and a pension.”
He returned to live in Pyatigorsk. Here he was arrested by the Bolsheviks, taken to the forest and hacked to death near Mount Beshtau along with a group of hostages, former tsarist generals, including N. V. Ruzsky, R. D. Radko-Dmitriev and others (however, his name is not on the list of hostages) . According to other sources, he was hacked to death by the Reds near Kislovodsk on August 7, 1918. In April 1919, Babich was reburied in the Yekaterinodar Military Cathedral.
Of all the former Kuban Atamans, Babich was the only hereditary Cossack. In this post, he proved himself to be an experienced administrator who sought to raise the cultural and economic level of the Cossack population of the Kuban. Under him, the number of folk and military craft schools increased many times over, a mud bath was built in the village of Tamanskaya and a monument was erected to the Black Sea Cossacks, the pioneers of the landing of 1792; in Ekaterinodar, Babich opened a school of ensigns for honored Cossack cadets, contributed to the construction of the Kuban-Chernomorskaya and Armaviro-Tuapse railways. He was the chairman of the commission for the construction of a monument to Catherine II in Yekaterinodar.
Awards
- Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd class (1873);
- Order of St. Anne 3rd class with swords and a bow (1878);
- Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd class (1885);
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th class (1889);
- Order of St. Anne 2nd class (1892);
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd class (1895);
- Order of St. Stanislaus 1st class (1905);
- Order of St. Anne 1st class (1908);
- Order of St. Vladimir 2nd class (1911);
- Medal "In memory of the 300th anniversary of the reign of the Romanov dynasty" (1913);
- Order of the White Eagle (VP 06.12.1914)
- Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (VP 6.12.1915)
Material from Officers of the Russian imperial army
Babych Mikhail Pavlovich
Babych Mikhail Pavlovich
- Life dates: 23.07.1844-18.10.1918
- Biography:
Orthodox. From the nobles of KubKV. A native of St. Novoelichkovskaya (NOVO-VELICHKOVSKAYA, Ekaterinodar department) KubKV. Educated at the Mikhailovsky Voronezh Cadet Corps. To prepare for military career entered the Caucasian training company. Released with the rank of cadet in one of the regiments of the 6th army corps(Tarutin regiment?). From there he was expelled to the KubKV regiments. Participated in last fights Caucasian War, awarded the St. George Cross 4th Art. and promoted to the rank of Ensign (project 1864; item 11/17/1864; for military distinctions). Second lieutenant (Art. 09/26/1868). Lieutenant (pr. 1870; item 08/30/1870; for distinction). Headquarters Captain (Art. 06/30/1876). Member of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-78. Captain (project 1877; item 07/04/1877; for military distinctions). Member of the Akhal-Teke expedition 1880-81. Major (pr. 1882; item 06/17/1882; for distinction). Military foreman (Article 05/20/1888). Commander of the 4th foot plastun battalion (05/20/1888-02/21/1893). Colonel (pr. 1889; item 05/06/1889; for distinction). Commander of the Novo-Bayazet reserve infantry. regiment (21.02.1893-23.08.1895). Commander of the 156th Elisavetpol Infantry Regiment (08/23/1895-05/10/1897). Ataman of the Ekaterinodar Department of the Kuban Kaz. troops (05/10/1897-05/06/1899). Senior Assistant to the Head of the Kuban Region and Ataman of the Kuban Kaz. troops (05/06/1899-12/01/1906). Major General (pr. 1899; art. 05/06/1900; for distinction). Military governor of the Kars region (01.12.1906-03.02.1908). Lieutenant General (pr. 1907; art. 04/22/1907; for distinction). Head of the Kuban region and chief ataman of the Kuban Kaz. troops (from 02/03/1908). General from infantry (pr. 11/17/1914; item 11/17/1914; for distinction). During the war, he led the army and led the formation of the Kuban kaz. parts. During the war, the Kuban Kaz. the army fielded 37 cavalry regiments, 24 battalions of plastuns, a separate cavalry division, a separate battalion of plastuns, 51 hundreds, 6 art. Batteries - only approx. 110 thousand people 03/26/1917 dismissed from service due to illness with uniform and pension. He returned to live in Pyatigorsk. According to some data, he was hacked to death by the Reds along with the gene. N.V. Ruzsky, R.D. Radko-Dmitriev near Mount Beshtau on 10/18/1918 (however, his name is not on the list of hostages); according to others, he was hacked to death by the Reds near Kislovodsk on 08/07/1918. In 04.1919 he was reburied in the Ekaterinodar Military Cathedral. Inaccuracies: Zalessky has the wrong rank - gene. from the cavalry. Wife - daughter of a state councilor Sofia Iosifovna Stashevskaya, b. 1871. Daughters: Ekaterina, and Elena,
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- List of generals by seniority. Compiled on 07/10/1916. Petrograd, 1916
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Hereditary Kuban Cossack, Chief Ataman of the Kuban Cossack Army, who devoted his life to the development of the Kuban.
He was born on July 22, 1844 in the ancestral Ekaterinodar house on Bursakovskaya Street, 1 (the corner of Krepostnaya). Mikhail Pavlovich Babych, the son of one of the valiant officers-conquerors of the Western Caucasus - Pavel Denisovich Babych, about whose exploits and glory, the people composed songs. All paternal qualities were bestowed on Michael. From the early age boy prepared for military service. After successfully graduating from the Mikhailovsky Voronezh Cadet Corps and the Caucasian Training Company, young Babych began to gradually move up the military career ladder and receive military orders. In 1889 he was already a colonel. On February 3, 1908, a decree was issued appointing him, already in the rank of lieutenant general, as the chief ataman of the Kuban Cossack army. With a hard hand and harsh measures, he restores order in Yekaterinodar, where at that time the revolutionary terrorists were rampant. Under the constant threat of death, Babych fulfilled his responsible duty and strengthened the economy and morality in the Kuban. In a short time, he did a lot of general cultural, good deeds. The Cossacks called the ataman "ridy Batko", since each Cossack personally felt his care, his zeal. The general cultural activity of M. Babych was appreciated not only Russian population. He was deeply respected by other nationalities living in the Kuban. It was only thanks to his care and efforts that the construction of the Black Sea-Kuban railway began, and the attack on the Kuban floodplains began. March 16, 1917 the official newspaper in last time reported on the former Ataman Mikhail Pavlovich Babych. In August 1918, he was brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks in Pyatigorsk. The body of the long-suffering general was buried in the tomb of the Catherine's Cathedral. Memory of a great patriot and guardian Kuban land M P. Babyche - the last Chieftain, is alive in the hearts of the Russian people. A street in Krasnodar is named after Ataman Babych. Of all the former Kuban Atamans, Babich was the only hereditary Cossack. In this post, he proved himself to be an experienced administrator who sought to raise the cultural and economic level of the Cossack population of the Kuban. Under him, the number of folk and military-craft schools increased many times over, a mud bath was built in the village of Tamanskaya and a monument was erected to the Black Sea Cossacks, the pioneers of the landing of 1792; in Ekaterinodar, Babich opened a school of ensigns for honored Cossack cadets, contributed to the construction of the Kuban-Black Sea and Armaviro-Tuapse railways. He was the chairman of the commission for the construction of a monument to Catherine II in Yekaterinodar.
Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd class (1873);
Mikhail Pavlovich Babich(July 23 (August 4), 1844 - October 18, 1918, near Pyatigorsk) - Russian military and statesman, general of infantry, military governor of the Kars region, head of the Kuban region and ataman of the Kuban Cossack army (1908-1917).
Biography
Orthodox. From the nobles of the Kuban Cossack army. Born in the village of Novovelichkovskaya, in the family of a Kuban Cossack, a hero of the Russian-Turkish and Caucasian wars, the famous Lieutenant General Pavel Denisovich Babych (1801-1883). Brother of George Babich.
He was given for education in the Mikhailovsky Voronezh Cadet Corps.
In 1862 he was sent to military service in the Tarutinsky 67th Infantry Regiment.
In 1863 he took part in the last battles of the Caucasian War, then served in various military units. In 1864, for the difference in the capture of the village of Sochi, the cadet Mikhail Babich received his first award - the St. George Cross of the 4th degree.
Member of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. He distinguished himself in combat operations as part of the Erivan detachment, for which he received the rank of captain, in 1880-1881 he fought under the command of General M. D. Skobelev during the Akhal-Teke expedition. He was awarded the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, White Eagle, St. Vladimir 2nd and 3rd degree and many other awards.
From May 20 (June 1), 1888 to February 21 (March 5), 1893, he was commander of the 4th Plastun foot battalion of the Kuban Cossack army. From February 21 (March 5), 1893 - commander of the Novobayazetsky reserve infantry regiment, from August 23 (September 4), 1895 - commander of the 156th Infantry Elisavetpol General Prince Tsitsianov Regiment.
On May 10 (22), 1897, he was transferred to his homeland and appointed ataman of the Yekaterinodar department of the Kuban region, enrolled in the Kuban Cossack army.
Since May 6 (18), 1899 - senior assistant to the head of the Kuban region and the chief ataman of the Kuban Cossack army with the rank of major general.
On December 1 (14), 1906, he was appointed to the post of military governor of the Kars region, with enrollment in the army infantry. He held this position until February 3 (16), 1908.
On April 22 (May 5), 1907, the military governor of the Kars region, Major General M.P. Babich, who was listed in the army infantry, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.
On February 3 (16), 1908, he was appointed head of the Kuban region and ataman of the Kuban Cossack army, enrolled in the Kuban Cossack army.
On November 17 (30), 1914, for impeccable 50-year service in officer ranks, the head of the Kuban region and the chief ataman of the Kuban Cossack army, Lieutenant General M.P. Babich was promoted to the rank of general from infantry.
On March 26 (April 8), 1917, the Provisional Government of Russia was dismissed from service "according to a petition, due to poor health, with a uniform and a pension."
He returned to live in Pyatigorsk. Here he was arrested by the Bolsheviks, taken to the forest and hacked to death near Mount Beshtau, along with a group of hostages, former tsarist generals, including N. V. Ruzsky, R. D. Radko-Dmitriev and others (however, his name is not on the list of hostages ). According to other sources, he was hacked to death by the Reds near Kislovodsk on August 7, 1918. In April 1919, Babich was reburied in the Yekaterinodar Military Cathedral.
Of all the former Kuban Atamans, Babich was the only hereditary Cossack. In this post, he proved himself to be an experienced administrator who sought to raise the cultural and economic level of the Cossack population of the Kuban. Under him, the number of folk and military-craft schools increased many times over, a mud bath was built in the village of Tamanskaya and a monument was erected to the Black Sea Cossacks, the pioneers of the landing of 1792; in Ekaterinodar, Babich opened a school of ensigns for honored Cossack cadets, contributed to the construction of the Kuban-Black Sea and Armaviro-Tuapse railways. He was the chairman of the commission for the construction of a monument to Catherine II in Yekaterinodar.
Awards
Russian:
- Order of St. George 4th class (1864);
- Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd class (1873);
- Order of St. Anne 3rd class with swords and a bow (1878);
- Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd class (1885);
- Order of Saint Vladimir 4th class (1889);
- Order of St. Anne 2nd class (1892);
- Order of Saint Vladimir 3rd class (1895);
- Order of St. Stanislaus 1st class (1905);
- Order of St. Anne 1st class (1908);
- Order of St. Vladimir 2nd class (1911);
- Order of the White Eagle (VP 06.12.1914);
- Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (VP 6.12.1915).
Foreign:
- Persian Order of the Lion and the Sun, 2nd class (1890).
Memory
In Krasnodar, a street was named after Ataman MP Babich.
Mikhail Pavlovich Babych (07/23/1844 - 11/01/1918) - hereditary Kuban Cossack. His father is the famous Lieutenant General Pavel Denisovich Babych (1801-1883) - from the Black Sea Cossacks, a participant in hostilities in the Western Caucasus.
M.P. Babych was born in 1844, brought up in Mikhailovsky cadet corps in Voronezh. He began military service in 1862 in the Tarutinsky battalion, and the next year he was sent to the Caucasus, where he took part in the last battles of the Caucasian War. Then he served in various military units, as part of the Erivan detachment he participated in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878, for which he received the rank of captain, and in 1880-1881. fought against the Akhal-Teke under the command of General M.D. Skobelev, hero of the battles for the liberation of Shipka.
In 1888 he was appointed commander of the 4th Kuban Plastun Battalion. From 1893 he again commanded Russian infantry regiments.
On August 23, 1895, he commanded the 156th Yelisavetgrad Infantry Regiment.
In 1897, Babych was appointed ataman of the Yekaterinodar department of the Kuban region, in 1899 he was promoted to major general and transferred as senior assistant to the head of the Kuban region and the chief ataman of the Kuban Cossack army. During this period, he was also the chairman of the commission for the construction of a monument to Catherine II in Yekaterinodar.
In 1906, Mikhail Pavlovich was appointed to the post of military governor of the Kars region, and on February 3, 1908, a decree was issued appointing him, already in the rank of lieutenant general, the ataman of the Kuban Cossack army.
In 1914, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of service in the officer ranks, Babych was promoted to general of infantry.
In 1917, by order of the Provisional Government of March 26, M.P. Babych was "dismissed from service in accordance with a petition for poor health, with a uniform and a pension."
In 1918 he was shot in Pyatigorsk.
A street in Krasnodar is named after Ataman Babych.
He returned to live in Pyatigorsk. Here he was arrested by the Bolsheviks, taken to the forest and hacked to death near Mount Beshtau along with a group of hostages, former tsarist generals, including N. V. Ruzsky, R. D. Radko-Dmitriev and others (however, his name is not on the list of hostages) . According to other sources, he was hacked to death by the Reds near Kislovodsk on August 7, 1918. In April 1919, Babich was reburied in the Yekaterinodar Military Cathedral.
Of all the former Kuban Atamans, Babich was the only hereditary Cossack. In this post, he proved himself to be an experienced administrator who sought to raise the cultural and economic level of the Cossack population of the Kuban. Under him, the number of folk and military-craft schools increased many times over, a mud bath was built in the village of Tamanskaya and a monument was erected to the Black Sea Cossacks, the pioneers of the landing of 1792; in Ekaterinodar, Babich opened a school of ensigns for honored Cossack cadets, contributed to the construction of the Kuban-Black Sea and Armaviro-Tuapse railways. He was the chairman of the commission for the construction of a monument to Catherine II in Yekaterinodar.
Awards:
- Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd class (1873);
- Order of St. Anne 3rd class with swords and a bow (1878);
- Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd class (1885);
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th class (1889);
- Order of St. Anne 2nd class (1892);
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd class (1895);
- Order of St. Stanislaus 1st class (1905);
- Order of St. Anne 1st class (1908);
- Order of St. Vladimir 2nd class (1911);
- Medal "In memory of the 300th anniversary of the reign of the Romanov dynasty" (1913);
- Order of the White Eagle (VP 06.12.1914)
- Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (VP 6.12.1915)