Ivan Eikhenbaum
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Ivan Andreevich Eikhenbaum | |
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| Native name | Иван Андреевич Эйхенбаум |
| Born | 13 February 1895 Riga, Livonia Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 12 November 1982 (aged 87) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire Russian State Latvia |
| Service |  Imperial Russian Army.png){kind=small} White Army Latvia Armed Forces |
| Rank | Major General |
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| Spouse(s) | Olga Fedorovna |
Ivan Andreevich Eikhenbaum (Template:Lang-ru; 13 February 1895 – 12 November 1982)[1] was an Imperial Russian Army officer who served in World War I and in the White movement during the Russian Civil War.
Life
Eikhenbaum was born in 1893 in Riga, in the Livonia Governorate.[2] He was the third and youngest child in the family. He lost his father at a young age and his mother was a former student and widowed, with three children and found herself in a difficult financial situation.[1] He spent his school years and youth in Saint Petersburg.[1] In 1913, he dropped out of school and volunteered to join the Russian Imperial Guard. He began his military career in the Life Guards in the Sapper Battalion and the Main Engineering Directorate [1] (by the way, the barracks of the Life Guards Sapper Battalion were located on Preobrazhenskaya Street – not far from the Tavrichesky Garden and the house where Ivan Andreevich’s family lived and where he spent his school years).When World War I broke out, he volunteered for service in the army.[3] He was a staff captain in the 52nd Vilna Infantry Regiment.[2] He was knighted the St. George Ribbon during World War I.[2] During the Russian Civil War, he joined the Armed Forces of South Russia in the 3rd Army Corps and participated in the First Kuban Campaign where he was promoted to colonel.[2] Following the Russian Civil War, he left exile to Latvia where he served in the Latvian Army in 1922.[2][1] After 1945, he moved to Argentina where he was head of the Russian All-Military Union in Argentina.[2] He died on 12 November 1982 in Buenos Aires[2].
Personal life
He was married to Olga Fedorovna and they had two twin daughters: Anna-Victoria and Ragneda.[2][1]
Books
- Eikhenbaum, Ivan (posthumous, 2015). Fighters: Notes of an Infantry Officer, 1915-1917, 1917-1918, 1940-1941, Tradiciâ, ISBN 9785990573307
References
- ^ a b c d e "Иван Эйхенбаум: солдат и писатель. К 135-летию памяти - История - АРХИВ - Русская Стратегия". rys-strategia.ru. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Эйхенбаум Иван Андреевич — Офицеры русской императорской армии". ria1914.info. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ Reese, Roger R. (2019). The Imperial Russian Army in peace, war, and revolution, 1856-1917. Modern war studies. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-7006-2860-5.