- Vladimir Dzhunkovsky
Vladimir Fyodorovich Dzhunkovskiy ( _ru. Владимир Фëдорович Джунковский, OldStyleDate|September 19|1865|September 7,
Saint Petersburg –February 21 ,1938 ,Moscow ) was a Russian statesman. He held the posts of the Governor ofMoscow Guberniya and the Governor-General ofMoscow (August 6 ,1908 -January 25 ,1913 ).Biography
Dzhunkovskiy was a scion of nobles from
Poltava Guberniya. An alumnus of thePage Corps , he started the military service in the Guards ofPreobrazhensky Regiment . Dzhunkovskiy seved asadjutant of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the head of the Moscow City Board of the People's Soberness Trusteeship and the Chief of theSpecial Corps of Gendarmes .In 1908 he was appointed Governor-General of
Moscow . 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. Dzhunkovskiy was considered to be affiliated withFreemasons . [ [http://hronos.km.ru/biograf/bio_d/dzhunkovsky.html Per B. I. Nikolayevskiy] ]In 1913 he was appointed First Deputy Interior Minister, head of the
Okhrana . OnAugust 19 ,1915 , after unsuccessful attempt to discreditGrigori Rasputin , he was discharged from most of his posts. He was sent to the fronts ofWorld War I where he commanded the15th Siberian Rifle Division on the Western Front and the3rd Siberian Army Corps . In April, 1917 he gained the rank ofGeneral-Lieutenant .Following the Russian Revolution, Dzhunkovskiy was released from Alekseyevsk
ravelin ofPetropavlovsk Fortress due to popularity among soldiers. However in September 1918 he was arrested, being accused in suppression of revolutionary workers. OnDecember 6 ,1918 Dzhunkovskiy was jailed intoButyrka prison , but released several month later. During the 1920s he served as security consultant ofOGPU .In the end of 1937, during the Stalinist repressions, he was arrested again, sentenced to death and executed on
February 21 ,1938 .References
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