Vladimir Dzhunkovskiy
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Vladimir Fyodorvich Dzhunkovskiy (Russian: Владимир Фëдорович Джунковский, September 19 [O.S. September 7] 1865, Saint Petersburg–February 21, 1938, Moscow) was a Russian statesman. He held the posts of the Governor of Moscow Guberniya and the Governor-General of Moscow (August 6, 1908 - January 25, 1913). Dzhunkovskiy was also an adjutant of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the head of the Moscow City Board of the People's Soberness Trusteeship and the Chief of the Special Corps of Gendarmes. On August 19, 1915, after unsuccessful attempt to discredit Grigori Rasputin, he was discharged from most of his posts. Dzhunkovskiy is considered to be affiliated with Freemasons.[1]
Dzhunkovskiy was a scion of nobles from Poltava Guberniya. An alumnus of the Page Corps, he started the military service in the Guards of Preobrazhensky Regiment. After the onset of World War I he entered the Russian army, where he commanded the 15th Siberian Rifle Division on the Western Front and the 3rd Siberian Army Corps. In April, 1917 he gained the rank of General-Lieutenant. Dzhunkovskiy's governorship was marked by the bloom of cultural life in Moscow as several hubs have been opened: Moscow Commerce Institute, Shanyavskiy Institute, Shelaputin Pedagogic Society, Moscow Aeronautics Society, Alexander III Museum of Fine Arts and Marfo-Mariinsk cloister. Following the Bolshevik Revolution, Dzhunkovskiy was released from Alekseyevsk ravelin of Petropavlovsk Fortress due to popularity among soldiers. However in September of 1918 he was arrested, being accused of alleged killing attempt at Lenin. On December 6, 1918 Dzhunkovskiy was jailed into Butyrka prison. In the end of 1937 he was arrested again and, being sentenced by NKVD, was shot to death despite of consulting Soviet authorities about security matters previously.
