Krawtzoff family

Kravtzoff (Russian: Кравцов, sometimes transliterated as Krawtzow or Kravcov). This family was a noble family Don Cossacks of a Polish origin. Owned the property in Bokovo-Platovo near Antratsyt. Anton Chekhov's first visit to the steppe was made in 1876 with the Kravtzoff family whose son - Pyotr Krawtzoff he tutored during his student days alone in Taganrog.^[1]

During the Civil war in Russia a lot of members including old people, women's and kids was killed by Bolsheviks and in 1920s by Soviets.^[2] Today most part of family lives in city of Melbourn in Australia, several countries of Europe and United States.^[3]

Notable family members

• Petr G. Krawtzoff, (1861—1919) was a Russian General during the First World War and a Don Cossack White movement General in the opening stages of Russian Civil War. He was killed by Bolsheviks in Battle for Tsaritsyn.^[4]
• Alexei V. Kravtzov - (1879 – December 30, 1918), was the son of Yesaul Vladimir A. Kravtzov, hero of the Russo-Japanese War. Colonel of the Imperial Russian Army. He was a military commander and organizer of the 1st Cossack Volunteer Cavalry Regiment at the stanitsa Ust-Medveditskaya. He shot himself after he was wounded during the Battle of Loznoye from December 22 to December 30, 1918 where his regiment save by manoeuvre young Volunteer Army.^[5]

External links

• Shumkov, A.A., Ryklis, I.G. List of noble families of the Don Cossacks in alphabetical order. VIRD Publ House, Sankt-Peterburg. 2000, (Russian)

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