Georgy Viranovsky
Georgy Nikolaevich Viranovsky (November 13, 1867 – 1920) was a Russian commander, participant in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I, Lieutenant General (April 29, 1917), and participant in the White Movement during the Civil War (1918-1920). He was Cavalier of the Order of St. George 3rd and 4th degree. Biography. Family. Georgy Nikolaevich Viranovsky was born to into the noble family of the Viranovsky: His Father was Colonel Nikolai Antonovich Viranovsky (1816-1896) who was a member of the Defense of Sevastopol in 1854–1855, his Mother was Alexandra Vasilyevna, née Belokon . He had five Brothers: Alexander  (born in 1857), Nikolai (born in 1859), Ivan (born in 1861), Konstantin (born in 1866), Peter (1872–1940) and three sisters: Elizabeth (born in 1863), Natalia (1869-1917) and Maria (born in 1870). He was married to Elena Arturovna, née Luix, daughter of a Belgian citizen. They had three sons: Boris (1893-1968), George (1896-1926) and Nikolai (1910-1985). Education. Viranovsky graduated in 1885 from the Vladimir Kiev Cadet Corps, in 1887 - the 3rd Military Alexander School in the 1st category, in 1897 - the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in the 1st category. Service in the Russian army. “In  battles near the village of Podbuzh, from October 3 to 11, 1914, he personally controlled the detachment's actions, repelled a number of stubborn attacks of the enemy superior in strength and then went on a decisive attack, took height near the village of Podbuzh, after which the battle took a decisive turn in favor of the Russian troops." After the February Revolution, on April 2 (15), 1917, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Guards Corps of the 11th Army. April 29, 1917 - lieutenant general. Civil War. After the dissolution of the front, he lived in the Karpovo estate , but a year later he crossed, circling Asia on the Eastern Front by sea, where he arrived in August 1919. He served in the army of Admiral Alexander Kolchak as chief supply officer of the 2nd and 3rd armies. January 1920, he was captured by units of the 5th Army (RSFSR) in Krasnoyarsk. He was listed on the lists of the intelligence department of the headquarters of the 5th Army (RSFSR) of the Soviet Red Army on February 4, 1920. It was placed at the disposal of the chief of the General Headquarters, the lists of which are mentioned between  May 15 and August 7, 1920. He was executed in captivity in 1920. According to another version, he died of typhus. Contemporaries' comments about George Nikolaevich. Lieutenant General A.S. Lukomsky recalled: From the memoirs of V.N. von Dreyer: