Sergey I. Shivtzov

Sergey I. Shivtzov
Born(1874-10-03)3 October 1874
Died17 March 1915(1915-03-17) (aged 40)
Allegiance Russian Empire
BranchImperial Russian Army
Service years1893 to 1915
RankYesaul
ConflictsRusso-Japanese War
World War I
AwardsOrder of St. George

Yesaul Sergey Shivtzov (3 October 1874 – 17 March 1915) was an officer in the Imperial Russian Army who commanded the 1st Squadron of the 1st Orenburg Cossacks Cavalry Regiment during the World War I. He died leading the charge into battle of Khotyn against the Austro-Hungarian Army.[1] Sergey Shivtzov' was the only son of a cavalry officer and Ataman of stanitsa Vozdvízhenskaya Ivan I. Shivtzov, a member of a Shivtzov Family.

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