Alexander Dutov
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Native name | Александр Ильич Дутов |
Born | Kazalinsk, Syr-Darya Oblast, Russian Empire (now Kazaly, Kazakhstan) | 17 August 1879
Died | 7 February 1921 Shuiding, Xinjiang, China | (aged 41)
Cause of death | Assassination by gunshot |
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Service/ | Imperial Russian Army |
Years of service | 1908–1921 |
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Alexander Ilyich Dutov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ильи́ч Ду́тов; 17 August [O.S. 5] 1879 – 7 February 1921) was a Russian Cossack ataman and lieutenant general who led the Orenburg Cossacks in a revolt against the Bolsheviks.[1][2]
Biography
Dutov was born in Kazalinsk in
In November 1917, Dutov raised a revolt against the
In 1919, he tried to convince General
On 9 May 1918, after Dutov captured Alexandrov Gay village, nearly 2,000 men of the Red Army were buried alive. More than 700 people from the village were executed. After capturing Troitsk, Orenburg, and other cities, a regime of terror was installed over 6,000 people, of whom 500 were killed just during interrogations. In Chelyabinsk, Dutov's men executed or deported to Siberian prisons over 9,000 people. In Troitsk, Dutov's men in the first weeks after the capture of the city shot about 700 people. In Ileka they killed over 400. These mass executions were typical of Dutov's Cossack troops.[3] Dutov's executive order of 4 August 1918, imposed the death penalty for evasion of military service and for even passive resistance to authorities on its territory. In one district of the Ural region in January 1918, Dutov's men killed over 1,000 people. On 3 April 1919, the Cossack warlord ordered his troops to shoot and take hostages for the slightest display of opposition. In the village of Sugar, Dutov's men burned down a hospital with hundreds of Red Army patients.[4]
After his army's defeat by Red Army, Dutov led his Orenburg Army in the
Dutov was assassinated in
See also
References
- ^ "Акулинин И.А.. "Оренбургское казачье войско в борьбе с большевиками"". www.dk1868.ru. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ISBN 9780974493442.
- ^ Ratkovsky, p. 105
- ^ Litvin, p. 175