Don Army
In the Russian Civil War he commanded the 3rd Don Division in the Cossack corps of the Don Army of Generals Alexander V. Golubintzev and Mamontov K.K.. General Petr Kravtzov was killed by Bolsheviks under command of Semyon Budyonny in the Battle of Tsaritsyn on January 21, 1919 where he fought in the field until out of ammunition, and remained until the Bolsheviks made their final assault to give time for his men to escape. He was killed and his body was sabred until unrecognizable.