Vladimir Kislitzin

Vladimir Alexandrovich Kislitzin ( _ru. Кислицин Владимир Александрович) (born January 9, 1883, Bila Tserkva — died May 18, 1944, Harbin) was an active participant of the White movement in Siberia, Lieutenant General (1920).

Initial stages

He was a son of Admiral Alexander Kislitsin. Vladimir Kislitzin was graduated from the Odessa Military Institution in 1900 and the Sandomir Officer Training School. He was assigned to the Special Frontier Corps on the Western border of the Russian Empire. Vladimir Kislitzin was sent to the Russo-Japanese War. In the course of the World War I he headed a rifle regiment of the 11th Cavalry Division gaining a colonel in 1916. Vladimir Kislitzin was awarded with the Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree (1915), the Order of Saint Stanislaus of the 3rd and 2nd classes, the St. George honor weapon, and the Order of St. Anna, the 4th and 1st classes. He was repeatedly wounded.

White movement

After the end of the war Vladimir Kislitzin joined Admiral Kolchak and was appointed a commander of the Ufa Cavalry Division (1918) and then the 1st Cavalry Division (January 1919).

After the defeat of Admiral Kolchak's armies in the Ural and Western Siberia, Vladimir Kislitzin took part in the Great Siberian Ice march. After arrival at Chita, Ataman Grigory Semyonov trusted into his hands the 1st Ataman Semyonov Manchurian Detachment until the end of the White movement in Transbaikal.

White emigre

He moved to Harbin where he became a dentist. Vladimir Kislitzin also served in police. He wrote lots of memoirs and works. Vladimir Kislitzin was buried in Harbin.

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