Vladimir Kislitsin

Vladimir Alexandrovich Kislitsin ( _ru. Владимир Александрович Кислицын) (January 9, 1883–May 17, 1944) was an officer in the Imperial Russian army and later commanding officer of the pro-monarchist White Army in the later stages of the Russian Civil War.

Vladimir Kislitsin took part in World War I as an officer of 11th Dragoon Regiment. In 1918 he was appointed commander of 3rd Cavalry Division and then 3rd Cavalry Corps in the army of The Hetmanate. In 1919 Kislitsin served as a company commander in the Northern Army of Evgenii Miller. In July 1919 Vladimir Kislitsin was appointed commander of 2nd brigade of Ufa Cavalry Division under admiral Kolchak, in December 1919 he was appointed commander of 2nd Ufa Cavalry Division. Later he commanded 1st Cavalry Division in the Far East Army of ataman Semyonov. He continued to serve under Grigory Semyonov in 1921-1922 as commander of 1st Manchurian Division.

From 1914 to 1922 Vladimir Kislitsin was wounded 14 times in the head.

Emigrated to Harbin in November 1922. In Manchuria Vladimir Kislitsin was a head of local "legitimists" (legitimisti, in Russian легитимисты), who supported by Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich as a legal heir to Russian throne. In 1928 he was promoted to full general by Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich. In 1936 Kislitsin's memoirs ('In the fires of the Civil War: Memoires') were published in Harbin by 'Nash Put' publishing house. From 1938 to 1942 Kislitsin was a chairman of Bureau for Russian Emigrants in Manchuria (BREM), established by Japanese occupational forces.

Died in Harbin in 1944.

Further reading

* “General V.A. Kislitsin: From Russian Monarchism to the Spirit of Bushido,” Harbin and Manchuria: Place, Space, and Identity, edited by Thomas Lahusen, special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 99, no. 1 (Winter 2000)

ee also

*White movement
*Russian Civil War