Anthony Veselovsky Explained

Anthony Andreevich Veselovsky
Native Name:	Антоний Андреевич Веселовский
Native Name Lang:	ru
Birth Date:	7 March 1866
Birth Place:	Russian Empire
Death Place:	Vladikavkaz, Soviet Union
Allegiance:	(from 1917)
Branch:	Imperial Russian Army Russian Army (from 1917)
Rank:	lieutenant general
Serviceyears:	1885–1917
Commands:	46th Infantry Division 44th Infantry Division 19th Army Corps 2nd Army
Battles:	World War I

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

Life

Veselovsky was born 7 March 1866. 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.

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

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. —

External links

• • Головин Н. Н. Дни перелома Галицийской битвы.
• Керсновский А. А. История Русской армии
• Генерал А. А. Веселовский (на страницах газеты «Биржевые ведомости» 1916

Notes and References

1. Web site: Веселовский Антоний Андреевич — Офицеры русской императорской армии . 2024-08-03 . ria1914.info.