Leonid Gobyato
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Leonid Nikolaevich Gobyato | |
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Russo Japanese War World War I | |
Awards | Order of St. George |
Leonid Nikolaevich Gobyato (
Life and career
Gobyato was born in the city of
In May 1902, Gobyato returned to the home city of Taganrog, where in 1903 he submitted his first work Instructions on Use of Deflection in Batteries Equipped with 3-inch Rapid-Firing Guns of 1902, written in cooperation with Colonel Demidov.
After the outbreak of the
After his return from captivity in May 1906, Gobyato was promoted and published an article on his first mortar ("Fighting the principles and rules of Field Artillery"). In early 1908, he graduated from Officer's Artillery School and in September of the same year was assigned to command the 3rd Battery of the 3rd Artillery Brigade. He also served as a lecturer on artillery science at the
After the outbreak of World War I, Gobyato was made commander of 32nd Artillery Brigade, followed by the 35th Artillery Brigade. He was promoted to major general on August 14, 1914. However, while leading an infantry counter-attack at the Siege of Przemyśl in what is now part of Poland, he was killed in combat on May 21, 1915. His grave is at the Gobyato family estate outside of Ryazan.
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Birth house of Gobyato in Taganrog.
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A shell for the Gobyato's mortar, 1904
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Gobyato's mortar, 1904
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The scheme of the shell for the Gobyato's mortar (from the Alferaki Palace in Taganrog)
See also
References
- ^ Гаврюшкин О. "По старой Греческой", Таганрог, 2003 г.