1869–1920
○ Typhus; suspected poisoning
Don Cossack cavalry general who led the Mamontov raid through the rear of the Red Southern Front in August–September 1919
Born in St Petersburg, he graduated from the Nicholas Cavalry School, became an officer of the Don Cossack Host in 1899 and led Cossack regiments in the Russo-Japanese and First World Wars. In January 1918 he formed a partisan detachment, set out on the Steppe March and fought on the Tsaritsyn axis. Commander of the 1st Don Army and then of the 4th Don Cavalry Corps in 1919, he raided the rear of the Red Southern Front from 10 August to 19 September, taking towns including Tambov, blowing up railways, bridges and ammunition dumps and spreading panic. In the autumn Budyonny's cavalry beat him at Voronezh and Kastornoye, and in December he left the front in protest when Wrangel took the cavalry group from him. He died of typhus in Yekaterinodar in February 1920, amid suspicions of poisoning.
Also known as: Konstantin Mamantov
Activities and affiliations
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1888–1917
Russian Empire state institutions
Military command -
1918–1920
Military command
Career Timeline
- 1890Graduated from the Nicholas Cavalry School; cornet in the Life Guards Horse Grenadiers
- 1899Officer of the Don Cossack Host, 3rd Don Cossack Regiment
- 1904–1905Russo-Japanese War with the 1st Chita Transbaikal Cossack Regiment
- 1914–1917Don Cossack regimental commander; major general, brigade of the 6th Don Cossack Division
- 1918Formed a partisan detachment; Steppe March; Tsaritsyn axis
- 1919Commander of the 1st Don Army
- 1919Commander of the 4th Don Cavalry Corps; raid through the Red Southern Front’s rear
- 1919Commander of the cavalry group