Anton Yegorovich von Saltza
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Baron Anton Yegorovich Zaltsa (
Biography
Saltza was born on 22 October 1843 in Luga, in the Saint Petersburg Governorate, to the Baltic German von Saltza family of Senator Baron Georg Reinhold Frommhold von Saltza and a Russian woman Alexandra Brosina.
Upon graduation in 1862, he was enlisted into a
In mid-December 1876, Saltza served at the
In retribution for the difference rendered in the case against the Turks, on 1 January 1878, when temporarily commanded by 1 rifleman of His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich battalion, attacked three times the strongest enemy and carried away the battalion by personal example, seized the mountain of Aji-Alma and stayed on busy positions
In early February 1878, he rose to
First World War
With the outbreak of the First World War, the Imperial Russian 4th Army was formed, after which Saltza was appointed commander-in-chief of the army.
Honours and awards
Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd class (1863)- Order of St. Anna, 4th class (1863)
Order of St. Anna, 3rd class (1873)- Gold Sword for Bravery(1877)
Order of St. George, 4th class (1878)- Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd class (1878)
- Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class (1878)
- Order of St. Anna, 2nd class (1883)
Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class (1888)- Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st class (1898)
- Order of St. Anna, 1st class (1904)
- Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class (1906)
Order of the White Eagle (1911)- Order of St. Alexander Nevsky(1914)
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Notes
- ^ "Зальца Антон Егорович". hrono.ru. Chronos. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
External links
- Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften Teil 2,1.2: Estland, Görlitz 1930 Genealogy handbook of Baltic nobility
- Военная энциклопедия издания Сытина. Т. 10
- Некролог // «Новое время». 10 марта 1916 г.
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