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    The Russian Imperial Cavalry in 1914
    The Russian Imperial Cavalry in 1914
    The Russian Imperial Cavalry in 1914
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    The Russian Imperial Cavalry in 1914

    By Vladimir Emmanuel

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    Vladimir Emmanuel was a cavalry captain who fought against the Germans and later the Red Army in the Crimea. He created a wonderful set of color illustrations of the regiments he fought with in the early days of the war.
    The Russian Imperial Cavalry in 1914 details the uniforms of most of the Russian cavalry that went to war in 1914 as well as information from two WWI veterans, an explanation of ranks and order of battle. It is a must for the collect of anyone interested in the Great War and/or Russian military history.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWinged Hussar Publishing, LLC
    Release dateApr 15, 2013
    ISBN9781620181249
    The Russian Imperial Cavalry in 1914
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    Vladimir Emmanuel

    Vladimir Alexandrovich Emmanuel, the eldest son of Alexander Nikolaievich Emmanuel (Colonel of the Crimean Horse Regiment of Her Sovereign Majesty Empress Alexandra Feodorovna) and Leonida Alexandrovna (nee Dluzshevski), was born on September 7, 1896. He was a descendant of a noble family of Austro-Hungarian origin, which entered Russian military service in 1797, with his great-great-grandfather, General George Emmanuel, fighting against Napoleon in the War of 1812. Vladimir Emmanuel graduated from the Cadet Corps of the Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich in Odessa, just as World War I was declared, and went to complete an accelerated course of the Corps of Pages and on April 14, 1915, he was promoted to Coronet and three days later he joined the active Crimean Horse Regiment. He fought throughout World War I and the Russian Civil War, was wounded several times and was awards several medals for bravery in both conflicts. In 1920, he was evacuated from the Crimea in the waning days of the Russian Civil War and eventually settled in Yugoslavia. It was during his stay in Yugoslavia that he painted the figures of the Russian cavalry he had known so well. In 1945, he was evacuated to Austria and then immigrated to the United States in 1949, where he lived in Vineland, NJ. He died on January 4, 1983, at the age of 86

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      The Russian Imperial Cavalry in 1914 - Vladimir Emmanuel

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      The Russian Imperial Cavalry

      By Vladimir A. Emmanuel

      Winged Hussar Publishing, LLC

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      Original copyright 1989 by Tatiana and Svetlana Emmanuel

      The original material was compiled and coordinated by T. and S. Emmanuel

      First Winged Hussar Publishing edition 2013 edited by V. W. Rospond

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      2103 Cover design by V.W. Rospond

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      In memory of a valiant Russian officer, who infinitely loved his oppressed homeland. 

      "You left a fragment of Russia to Posterity." – T.A. Emmanuel

      About the Author

      Vladimir Alexandrovich Emmanuel, the eldest son of Alexander Nikolaievich Emmanuel (Colonel of the Crimean Horse Regiment of Her Sovereign Majesty Empress Alexandra Feodorovna) and Leonida Alexandrovna (nee Dluzshevski), was born on September 7, 1896. He was a descendant of a noble family of Austro-Hungarian origin, who entered Russian military service in 1797, with his great-great-grandfather, General George Emmanuel, fighting against Napoleon in the War of 1812.

      Vladimir Emmanuel graduated from the Cadet Corps of the Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich in Odessa, just as World War I was declared, and went to complete an accelerated course of the Corps of Pages (elite institution for the training of future military leaders) on December 1, 1914. He was promoted to the Crimean Horse Regiment and assigned to the 8th Reserve Cavalry Regiment for the training of lower ranks and horses of reinforcement squadrons. On April 14, 1915, he was promoted to Coronet and three days later he joined the active Crimean Horse Regiment.

      During the first two years of service, he participated in many battles and received six decorations for valor – the Order of St. Stanislav, 3rd Class with swords and bow, in 1915 and again in 1916; then in the same year, the Order of St. Anna, 4th Class with the inscription for valor and the Order of St. Anna, 3rd Class with swords and bow. Wounded on September 3, 1916, by a rifle bullet into the right shoulder in a battle against enemy artillery near the village of Lippitza-Dolna in Galicia, he subsequently was decorated with the Order of St. Stanislav, 2nd class with swords. On November 13 he was promoted to captain. His last decoration, the Order of St. Anna, 2nd Class with swords, was received in July 1917.

      On January 15, 1918, during the Civil War, when the Bolsheviks were taking the City of Simferopol, he was wounded in the right leg, in the hip, and in the chest. In addition, his ribs were broken by a blow from a rifle butt, and he was left for dead on the field of battle. The still breathing, but gravely wounded White officers were usually finished off by rifle butts, and Vladimir Emmanuel received such blows to the back, at that point losing consciousness. He came to on a hospital cot, having been picked up on the order of a doctor, a native of Simferopol, who recognized him as being a member of the Emmanuel family, who had also been residents of that city.

      After a short period of being in a dispersed state during the German occupation, the Crimean Horse Regiment was reformed in December, 1918, and Vladimir Emmanuel rejoined it. Wounded again on May 23, 1919, and then having sufficiently recovered, he was appointed regimental adjutant in June, 1919. Two months later, he became commanding officer of the 3rd Squadron of the Special Division and promoted to captain. What followed was a period of frequent battles between the White Volunteer Army and the Red Army extending for many months, which culminated for Vladimir Emmanuel in the evacuation from the Crimea on November 2, 1920, of the by now greatly decimated regiment.

      After a 10-month stay in Gallipoli, Turkey, Vladimir Emmanuel and many of his brother-officers settled in Yugoslavia. It was there in the early 1920’s, with the poignant memories of the past era and of all the details of the uniforms worn by his comrades-in-arms on their constant companions in combat, their horses, still fresh on his mind that he undertook the painstaking artistic recreation of the equestrian figures with respective explanations. Unfortunately, not the entire Russian cavalry is shown in the album, but at least this may be the most complete such compilation left intact after so many years.

      In Belgrade, on October 6, 1935, Vladimir Alexandrovich Emmanuel was married to Tatiana Alexandrovna (nee Redkin), daughter of Alexander Petrovich Redkin (Colonel of Life Guard Pavlovski Regiment) and Xenia Valerianova (nee Apukhtin). They had a daughter, Svetlana.

      In 1945,

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