Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky
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Prince Sergei Konstantinovich Belosselsky-Belozersky (1867-1951) was a Russian aristocrat, general and member of the International Olympic Committee
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Prince Sergei was a member of the Belosselsky-Belozersky family and was in 1916 one of the largest landowners in Russia. He was the son of general Konstantin Esperovich Belosselsky-Belozersky (1843-1920) and Nadezhna Dmitrovna Skoboleva (1847-1820, the sister of general Mikhail Skobelev
). Sergei graduated from the Imperial Cadet Corps in 1887 and was gazatted as a cornet in the Life Guards. He was attached to the Russian embassies in Berlin and Paris. He left military service in 1894 but returned in 1895. between 1896 and 1905 he served as aide de camp to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
. From 1908 he commanded the 3rd Novorossiysk dragoon regiment and from 1913 the Uhlans (Lancers) of the Imperial Guard.
During World War I he commanded the 2nd Guards Cavalry Division and the 3rd Don Cavalry Division. From 1915 he served on the Caucasus front under General Nikolai Baratov
. In 1917 he joined the white movement and served on the staff of White finnish leader, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
during the Russian Civil War. He was subsequently a staff officer in the North Western Army of General Yudenich. After the end of the Civil war Prince Sergei settled in England and died in Tonbridge in 1951.
Prince Sergei was a keen sportsman. He was one of the founders of the St Petersburg Sports Club and was Russian representative on the International Olympic Committee
between 1900 and 1908.
Prince Sergei married Susan Tucker Whittier (1874-1934) and had two children
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
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Prince Sergei was a member of the Belosselsky-Belozersky family and was in 1916 one of the largest landowners in Russia. He was the son of general Konstantin Esperovich Belosselsky-Belozersky (1843-1920) and Nadezhna Dmitrovna Skoboleva (1847-1820, the sister of general Mikhail Skobelev
Mikhail Skobelev
Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev was a Russian general famous for his conquest of Central Asia and heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Dressed in white uniform and mounted on a white horse, and always in the thickest of the fray, he was known and adored by his soldiers as the "White...
). Sergei graduated from the Imperial Cadet Corps in 1887 and was gazatted as a cornet in the Life Guards. He was attached to the Russian embassies in Berlin and Paris. He left military service in 1894 but returned in 1895. between 1896 and 1905 he served as aide de camp to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia ) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia...
. From 1908 he commanded the 3rd Novorossiysk dragoon regiment and from 1913 the Uhlans (Lancers) of the Imperial Guard.
During World War I he commanded the 2nd Guards Cavalry Division and the 3rd Don Cavalry Division. From 1915 he served on the Caucasus front under General Nikolai Baratov
Nikolai Baratov
Nikolai Nikolaevich Baratov was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War.- Biography :...
. In 1917 he joined the white movement and served on the staff of White finnish leader, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War, Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces during World War II, Marshal of Finland, and a Finnish statesman. He was Regent of Finland and the sixth President of Finland...
during the Russian Civil War. He was subsequently a staff officer in the North Western Army of General Yudenich. After the end of the Civil war Prince Sergei settled in England and died in Tonbridge in 1951.
Prince Sergei was a keen sportsman. He was one of the founders of the St Petersburg Sports Club and was Russian representative on the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
between 1900 and 1908.
Prince Sergei married Susan Tucker Whittier (1874-1934) and had two children
- Sergei Sergeivich Belosselsky-Belozersky (1895-1978)
- Andrei Sergeivich Belosselsky-Belozersky (1909 -1961)
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