Anthony Veselovsky

Anthony Andreevich Veselovsky
Anthony Andreevich Veselovsky
Native name	Антоний Андреевич Веселовский
Born	7 March 1866; Russian Empire
Died	26 October 1939 (aged 73); Vladikavkaz, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire; Russian Republic (from 1917)
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army; Russian Army (from 1917)
Years of service	1885–1917
Rank	lieutenant general
Commands held	46th Infantry Division; 44th Infantry Division; 19th Army Corps; 2nd Army
Battles/wars	World War I

Anthony Andreevich Veselovsky (Russian: Антоний Андреевич Веселовский; 7 March 1866 – 26 October 1939)^[1] was an Imperial Russian division, corps and army commander.

Life

Veselovsky was born 7 March 1866.^[1] He was educated at the Pskov Cadet Corps, an entered service in 1885. H graduated from the Nikolaev Engineering School in 1887 and graduated as a second lieutenant with seniority from 11 August 1886 in the 3rd Railway Battalion. In 1890 he was promoted to lieutenant. In 1896 he was promoted to staff captain, in 1898 to captain, and 1901 to lieutenant colonel. He taught at the Tiflis Cadet Corps. From 1904 he commanded a battalion stationed in Tehran.^[1]

Awards

Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1892
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1909
Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1912
Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1914
Order of Saint George, 4th degree, 1915
Gold Sword for Bravery (Saint George Sword), 1915
Order of Saint George, 3rd degree, 1915
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1915
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1915
Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1916
Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1917

References

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Bibliography

Варшавско-Ивангородская операция. Сборник документов мировой империалистической войны на русском фронте (1914—1917). М., 1938.
«Военный орден святого великомученика и победоносца Георгия. Биобиблиографический справочник» РГВИА, М., 2004.
Волков С. В. Генералитет Российской империи: Энциклопедический словарь генералов и адмиралов от Петра I до Николая II, в 2-х т. Центрполиграф: Москва, 2009.
Список старшим войсковым начальникам, начальникам штабов: округов, корпусов и дивизий и командирам отдельных строевых частей. С.-Петербург. Военная Типография. 1913.
Список генералам по старшинству. Составлен по 15.04.1914. Петроград, 1914
Список генералам по старшинству. Составлен по 10.07.1916. Петроград, 1916
Сухарева О. В. Кто был кто в России. — М., АСТ., 2005. — ISBN 5-17023261-6

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Preceded by	Commander of the 46th Infantry Division February – August 1915	Succeeded by Stepan Mikhailovich Solunskov
Preceded by Sergey Fedorovich Dobrotin	Commander of the 44th Infantry Division August – November 1915	Succeeded by Januarius Tsikhovich
Preceded by Dmitry Alexandrovich Dolgov	Commander of the 19th Army Corps November 1915 – April 1917 \| style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"\| Succeeded by Vladimir Vasilievich Antipov
Preceded by Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov	Commander of the 2nd Army 8 April – 12 July 1917	Succeeded by Nikolai Danilov

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