Peter Polovtsov
Peter Alexandrovich Polovtsov (Russian: Пётр Алекса́ндрович По́ловцов; 11 July [O.S. 30 May] 1874 in Tsarskoye Selo – 9 April 1964 in Monte Carlo) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant general.[1] He was the younger son of Alexander Polovtsov.
Polovtsov escaped from Soviet Russia in February 1918 with the aid of the British agents Ranald MacDonell and Edward Noel.[2] He was provided with the passport of Reverend Jesse Yonan, an American missionary, and travelled in disguise from Tbilisi to Baku on the Transcaucasus Railway. They travelled on a train escorted by 10,000 armed troops of the Bolshevik Red Army. Noel's involvement in this came to light when he was held captive by the Jangalis in March 1918 and was used to pressurise MacDonell, then in Baku, to desist from trying to topple the Baku Commune.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Русская армия в Великой войне: Картотека проекта. Половцов Петр Александрович". www.grwar.ru. Retrieved Sep 3, 2022.
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, David. "Edward William Charles Noel – political officer and spy". blogs.bl.uk. British Library. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ↑ On Secret Service East of Constantinople by Peter Hopkirk, John Murray, 1994
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- 1874 births
- 1964 deaths
- People from Pushkin, Saint Petersburg
- People from Tsarskoselsky uezd
- Polovtsov family
- Untitled nobility from the Russian Empire
- Imperial Russian major generals
- Russian Provisional Government lieutenant generals
- Orientalists from the Russian Empire
- Russian Freemasons
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- Saint Petersburg Mining University alumni
- Russian military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War
- Russian military personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree
- Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class
- White Russian emigrants to France