Nikolai Baratov
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Nikolai Nikolaevich Baratov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Баратов) (born February 1, 1865, Vladikavkaz - died March 22, 1932, Paris) was a Russian cavalry general of since September 8, 1917 and participant of the Russian Civil War.
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Baratov was of the nobles of the Terek Cossack Host. He passed through all stages to gain his high commanding position. He graduated from the Alexandrovsky Military College and the General Staff Academy. Baratov participated in the Russo-Japanese War and was awarded with a gold weapon. After the outbreak of the World War I he headed the 1st Caucassus Cossack division on the Caucasus Front and was prominent at the Battle of Sarıkamış. During the Persian Campaign Baratov was successful in defeating Kerim Pasha's rear troops on August 5, 1915 after the Battle of Kara Killisse. Baratov was decorated with the Order of St. George of the Fourth degree in October, 1916. Since October, 1915 Baratov headed the Caucasus Expeditionary Corps which was sent to Persia to prevent activization of pro-German forces and to join the British troops. By November joint efforts Baratov and his counterparts had gained control over a huge region between the Caspian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. After the British defeat at the Siege of Kut, Baratov was forced to stop his advance and then the Turks launched a massive offensive on his positions in Persia. As a result, he left many Persian cities but in the winter of 1917 he regained all lost territories.
After the October Revolution of 1917 Baratov disbanded his corps and lived in India for five months. Baratov was invited to head a branch of the Volunteer Army in Georgia. He was hardly wounded in a terrorist incident in Tiflis on September 13, 1919. From March to April of 1920 Baratov was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the South Russia. After the final defeat of the White Russians in November 1920, he lived in France where he headed various Russian emigre organizations.
[edit] References
- Залесский К.А. Кто был кто во второй мировой войне. Союзники Германии. Москва, 2003
