Georg von Stackelberg

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General of the Cavalry
Commands held15th Cavalry Division
10th Cavalry Division
2nd Siberian Army Corps
1st Siberian Army Corps
Battles/warsRussian conquest of Central Asia

Russo-Turkish War

Boxer Rebellion

Russo-Japanese War

Baltic Coat of arms book [et] by Carl Arvid von Klingspor in 1882.[1]

Georg August Paul Freiherr

Baltic German cavalry general in the service of the Imperial Russian Army. He was noted for his role during the Russo-Japanese War, especially during the Battle of Sandepu, in which he was awarded the Order of St. George
afterwards.

Biography

Stackelberg was from a

Nicholas General Staff Academy in 1869. His older brother Konstantin was a famous composer and the director of the Imperial Music Choir
. (now the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra)

As a commander in the 1st

Konstantin von Kaufman
. He was wounded in combat, and although nominated for numerous awards, he refused to accept any.

From August 18, 1886, to December 5, 1890, Stackelberg commanded the 25th Dragoon Regiment at Kazan. He was then assigned to command the Trans-Caspian Cossacks until December 3, 1897, followed by the 15th Cavalry Division to May 31, 1899.

Stackelberg was commander of the Russian 10th Cavalry Division during the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in China and Russian occupation of Manchuria. Afterwards, he was assigned command of the 2nd Siberian Army Corps from April 25, 1901, to February 11, 1902. He was then commander of the 1st Cavalry Corps from February 11, 1902, to February 3, 1904.

From April 5, 1904, during the

St Petersburg after the battle,[3] where he was awarded the Order of St. George
(4th class) for his actions.

Honours and awards

  • Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd class
  • Order of St. Anne
    3rd class with Swords
  • Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd class with swords (1873)
  • Order of St. Vladimir
    , 4th class with Swords (1876)
  • Order of St. Anne
    2nd class with Swords (1877)
  • Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st class (1894)
  • Order of St. Anne
    1st class (1898)
  • Order of St. Vladimir
    , 2nd class with Swords (1901)
  • Order of the White Eagle (1901)
  • Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
    (1905)
  • Order of St. George, 4th class (1905)
  • Golden Weapon
    with the inscription "For Bravery" (1876)

References

  • Dupuy, Trevor N. (1992). Encyclopedia of Military Biography. I B Tauris & Co Ltd.
    ISBN 1-85043-569-3
    .
  • ISBN 0-8108-4927-5
    .

Notes

  1. ^ Klingspor (1882), pp. 108
  2. ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
  3. ^ Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, p. 358.
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