Complex sentence: After the campaign, Makintsev retired from active service, making his new son-in-law, Yevstafii Vasilievich Skryplev, a non-commissioned officer recently deserted from the Nasheburg infantry regiment, colonel and regimental commander.
Split into simpler sentences: After the campaign, Makintsev retired from active service. He then appointed his new son-in-law, Yevstafii Vasilievich Skryplev, a non-commissioned officer recently deserted from the Nasheburg infantry regiment, colonel and regimental commander.