Sergey I. Shivtzov

Sergey I. Shivtzov
Born	(1874-10-03)3 October 1874 Wozdwizhenskaya Fortress, Russian Empire
Died	17 March 1915(1915-03-17) (aged 40) Khotyn, Russian Empire
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1893 to 1915
Rank	Yesaul
Battles / wars	Russo-Japanese War World War I
Awards	Order 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.

References

1. Ganin A.V., Semenov, V.G.: Officer corps of the Orenburg Army in 1891—1945. М., 2007