Adolph Pfingsten

Adolph Ferdinandovich Pfingsten (December 25, 1867 – November 9, 1914) was a Colonel, Russian Army officer, and participant of World War I.

Adolph Ferdinandovich Pfingsten
Born(1867-12-25)25 December 1867
Died9 November 1914(1914-11-09) (aged 46)
near Lodz
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
RankColonel
Unit22nd Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
Battles/warsRusso-Japanese War
World War I

Biography

Born December 25, 1867. He received his primary education in the 2nd St. Petersburg Cadet Corps, after which on September 1, 1886 he was admitted to the 1st Military Pavlovsk School.

Released on August 9, 1888, as a second lieutenant in the 4th Artillery Brigade. Then he served in the 24th artillery brigade and the 1st East Siberian rifle artillery brigade and subsequently received the rank of lieutenant (August 7, 1891), staff captain (July 28, 1896) and captain (July 28, 1900).

In 1900, Pfingsten successfully passed the entrance exams to the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff, which he graduated in 1902 in the 1st category. After graduating from the academy, he was at a camp in the Vilna Military District (Russian Empire), and from October 27, 1902 to February 16, 1904, he commanded a company in the 8th Grenadier Moscow Regiment to undergo qualification.

With the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Pfingsten went to the Far East, where on April 3, 1904 he was appointed chief officer for special assignments at the headquarters of the 2nd Siberian Army Corps, and from April 25 he was chief officer for assignments under the control of the Quartermaster Manchurian army, in addition to this post, he was an officer-in-charge from November 24 for office management and assignments for the management of the quarter-general of the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief in the Far East. He took part in hostilities against Japan and on December 6, 1904 was promoted to lieutenant colonel for military distinctions.

At the end of the Russo-Japanese War, Pfingsten was appointed headquarters officer for special assignments at the headquarters of the 8th Army Corps on April 11, 1906, and the battalion qualified command left from May 20 to September 17, 1908 in the 60th Zamotsky Infantry Regiment, and June 20 formally was appointed chief of staff of the Kuban Plastun Brigade. December 6 of the same year promoted to colonel.

March 31, 1914 Pfingsten was appointed chief of staff of the 22nd Infantry Division. Since the beginning of World War I, he fought in East Prussia and Poland. In autumn, he was appointed commander of the 96th Omsk Infantry Regiment, but did not manage to take office, since on November 9 he was killed in battle near the village of Feliksen near Lodz.

By the highest order of March 11, 1915, Colonel Pfingsten was posthumously awarded the George Weapons “For the fact that in the battles from September 30. 6 Oct. 1914 and in battles with the German rearguards from October 7 to 14. 1914, with outstanding success, fulfilling the post of chief of staff of the 22nd Infantry Division, repeatedly endangering his life, and by correctly assessing the situation, he assisted the chief of the division in achieving the goals set by the division. "

By the same order he was awarded the Order of St. George 4th degree “For the fact that during the Lodz battles, being the chief of staff, the 22nd infantry. div., carried out a number of combat missions to restore order in the battle areas attacked by the enemy, taking a number of measures on his own initiative and with his personal courage kept the troops in their occupied positions. In one of these battles, he was killed.

Military offices
Preceded by
 Chief of Staff of the 22nd Infantry Division
March - November 1914		 Succeeded by

Awards

Sources
  • The highest orders of the War Department. To No. 1276 of the "Scout". - S. 313, 317
  • Ganin A.V. Corps of officers of the General Staff during the Civil War of 1917-1922. Reference materials. - M., 2009. - S. 801. - ISBN 978-5-85887-301-3
  • A list of senior colonels. Compiled on March 1, 1914 - St. Petersburg, 1914. - S. 402.
  • Shabanov V.M. Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George. Nominal lists 1769-1920. Bibliographic reference. - M., 2004. - S. 715. - ISBN 5-89577-059-2
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