Nikolai Ilkevich


Nikolai Andreyevich Ilkevich was a Russian military leader, hero of World War I, commander of the 1st Guards Corps. Member of the White Movement, artillery inspector of the Armed Forces of South Russia, lieutenant general.

Biography

Orthodox. From the nobles of the Kherson province. The son of Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Ivanovich Ilkevich.
He graduated from the 2nd Moscow Cadet Corps and the Mikhailovsky Artillery School, from where he was released as second lieutenant to the 3rd Guards and Grenadier Artillery Brigade. Manufactured on assignments on August 30, 1893. In 1894 he graduated from two classes of the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in the 1st category. Promoted to headquarters captain on April 2, 1895.
On June 17, 1898 he was appointed senior adjutant of the command of the chief of artillery of the 16th Army Corps, and on December 6 of the same year he was promoted to captain. On March 9, 1901, he was dismissed from his post and left in the same brigade. On November 30, 1904 he was appointed commander of the 5th battery of the Life Guard of the 1st Artillery Brigade, and on December 6 he was promoted to colonel for a vacancy, with approval in office. On May 30, 1910 he was appointed commander of the 2nd division of the Life Guard of the 1st Artillery Brigade.
On August 5, 1912, he was promoted to major general “for excellence in service,” with the appointment of the commander of the 3rd Grenadier Artillery Brigade, with which he entered the First World War. Awarded the Order of St. George 4th degree
“Because, commanding the 3rd Grenadier Division, he withstood the battle against the superior enemy forces near the village of Slomniki, he rescued the neighboring divisions from the danger that threatened them, being himself in a difficult situation. "
On June 24, 1915 he was appointed commander of the 46th Infantry Division, and on October 10 of the same year he was promoted to lieutenant general "for differences in matters against the enemy," with approval in office. On April 6, 1917 he was appointed commander of the 1st Guards Corps. In July 1917 he was credited to the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Kiev military district, and on October 7, 1917 he was appointed artillery inspector of the Special Army.
In September 1918 he arrived in the Volunteer Army, from October 15, 1918 he was enrolled in the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief. He was the chairman of the commission for the consideration of award representations for officers and class ranks. Since January 13, 1919 he was appointed artillery inspector of the Armed Forces of South Russia. In the Russian army - in the same position. He was evacuated from the Crimea on the ship "Stzeged".
In exile in Yugoslavia. He served in state statistics, then in private enterprises. He was a member of the Society of Knights of the Order of St. George and the Society of Officers of the Life Guards of the 1st Artillery Brigade, as well as the chairman of the Society of Artillery Officers in Belgrade. He published a number of articles on the use of artillery during World War I and the Civil War. Died in Belgrade from heart disease. He was buried in the New Cemetery.

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