Alexander Ragoza
Alexander Frantsevich Ragoza | |
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Александр Францевич Рагоза | |
Minister of War | |
In office 16 May 1918 – 14 November 1918 | |
President | Pavlo Skoropadskyi (Hetman of Ukraine) |
Preceded by | none |
Succeeded by | none |
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Born | Odessa, Ukrainian SSR | 20 June 1858
Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
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Years of service | 1877–1918 |
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Alexander Frantsevich Ragoza (Russian: Александр Францевич Рагоза; 20 June [O.S. 8 June] 1858 – 29 June 1919), also known as Oleksandr Frantsevych Rohoza (Ukrainian: Олександр Францевич Рогоза),[1] was a Russian general of the infantry during World War I, and Minister of Defense of the Ukrainian State.
Biography
Born on 20 June (
Posted to the 3rd Guards Grenadier Artillery Brigade immediately after completing his studies, Ragoza received his baptism of fire immediately after graduation at the front during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. On account of his bravery in combat, the young officer was awarded the Order of Saint Anna Fourth Class, the Order of Saint Stanislaus Third Class and Second Class with Swords, and the Order of Saint Anna Third Class with Swords and Bow.
In 1883, Ragoza graduated from the
On 27 April 1900, Ragoza took command of the
World War I
When the
The Imperial Russian Army conducted a strategic withdrawal — the
In March 1916, when the commander of the
Ragoza remained in command of the 4th Army, which in the first half of November 1916 was transferred from Byelorussia to
After the February Revolution in 1917, Ragoza was one of the few senior military leaders of the former Imperial Russian Army who retained the post of commander in the post-revolution Russian Army of the Russian Republic under the new Russian Provisional Government. During March and April 1917, he temporarily commanded the Russian Army's Romanian Front, with the Romanian First and Second Armies among the forces subordinate to him. The King of Romania, Ferdinand I, recognized Ragoza's achievements by awarding him the Order of Michael the Brave Third Class.[14] Ragoza remained in command of the 4th Army after it was redesignated the 4th Ukrainian Army in August 1917.[15]
Before the
October Revolution and Russian Civil War
After the
In his capacity as minister of war in Skoropadskyi's cabinet Ragoza worked to organize an army for the new state, consisting of eight infantry corps, reestablished the
After the restoration of the Ukrainian People's Republic Ragoza declined to join its army. Subsequently, on 15 December 1918, he was arrested in Kiev on the orders of the Directorate, but he was soon released. Shortly after that Ragoza left the Ukrainian capital for Odessa, where units loyal to the Volunteer Army, as well as troops from the interventionist powers, were stationed. His goal was to proceed further toward the Kuban and join the Whites to fight against the Bolsheviks, but while he managed to reach Odessa, he did not succeed in linking up with the anti-Bolshevik forces in time: in March 1919 Odessa was seized by troops under the command of ataman Nykyfor Hryhoriv, who was fighting under the Red banner at the time, and general Ragoza was promptly arrested. After he refused an offer to join the Bolshevik forces, he was executed on 29 June 1919 in Odessa's Catherine Square .[20][21]
Awards and honors
Russian
- Order of Saint Anna, Fourth Class
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, Third Class
- Order of Saint Anna, Third Class, with Swords and Bow
- Order of Saint Vladimir, Second Class, with Swords
- Order of the White Eagle with Swords
- Order of St. George, Fourth Class
- Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, Fourth Class
Foreign
References
Footnotes
- ^ Table for transliteration of the Ukrainian alphabet in latin script, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine's Official website
- ISBN 978-1-4422-5280-6.
- ISBN 978-1-4422-5280-6.
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- ^ "Контрудар. Ч. 2. В обороне и наступлении". btgv.ru. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ "Контрудар. Ч. 3. "Засадный полк" генерала Веселовского готовится к броску". btgv.ru. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ "Контрудар. Ч. 4. В 4 часа утра 22 июня". btgv.ru. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ "Контрудар. Ч. 5. Преодолевая бешеное сопротивление противника". btgv.ru. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Контрудар. Ч. 6. Деревня Лесничувка и господский двор Бобы". btgv.ru. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ "Контрудар. Ч. 7. Образец активной обороны". btgv.ru. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- ^ Приказ русским войскам Румынского фронта 10 сентября 1917 года № 931.
- ISBN 978-1-4422-5280-6.
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- ISBN 978-5-392-33671-5.
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- ^ Allen, p. 295
- ISBN 978-5-392-33671-5.
- ISBN 978-1-4422-5280-6.
Bibliography
- Alexander Ragoza accessed 5 April 2010
- Биография Рагозы А. Ф. на сайте «Хронос»
- Новая книга Вячеслава Бондаренко «Герои Первой мировой»
- "Alexander Ragoza". «Russian army in a Great war» project.
- Allen, W. E. D. The Ukraine: A History. Cambridge, United Kingdom: At the University Press, 1940.
- Smele, Jonathan D. Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916–1926 Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4422-5281-3.