Sergey Semyonovich Khabalov | |
|---|---|
 General Sergey Khabalov | |
| Born | (1858-04-21)21 April 1858 |
| Died | 1924 (aged 65-66) |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire |
| Branch |  Imperial Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1877–1917 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | Petrograd Military District (1916–1917) |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Seebelow |
Sergey Semyonovich Khabalov (Russian:Сергей Семенович Хабалов; 3 May [O.S. 21 April] 1858 — 1924) was anImperial Russian Army general ofOssetian origin and the commander of thePetrograd military district in 1917.
Khabalov was born in theRussian Empire, and was ofOssetian origin. After He graduated from theMikhailovskoye Artillery School in 1878, he participated in theRusso-Turkish War.[1] In 1886, he graduated from theNikolayev Academy of General Staff, after which he held several different positions. He served in theImperial Guards from 1886–1900. From 1903 to 1914, he became the head of several military schools. From 1903 to 1905,Colonel Khabalov was the head of theMoscow Military School, from 1905 to 1914, was the head of thePavlov Military School. In 1914, he was appointedmilitary governor and commander of theUral Oblast, as well as theataman of theUral Cossacks Host. In 1916, he was appointed chief officer of thePetrograd Military District, and commander in 1917.
On 13 June 1916, General Khabalov was recalled to the capital and during theFebruary Revolution, on 24 February 1917, appointed as commander-in-chief of thePetrograd Military District, and was given full power. Most of the troops refused to obey him and Khabalov fully lost control of the army units.[2] InThe Red Wheel, March 1917,Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn considers him to be "incapable and overwhelmed".[3] He was arrested on the 28th and imprisoned in thePeter and Paul fortress and in Summer questioned by the Extraordinary Commission of Inquiry for the Investigation of Illegal Acts by Ministers and Other Responsible Persons of the Czarist Regime.
In 1919 he went to the South of Russia. On 1 March 1920, he was evacuated fromNovorossiysk toThessaloniki. He died in Thessaloniki in an American hospital in 1924.
Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd class (1883)
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Order of the White Eagle (1916)
French Third Republic
Legion of Honour,Officer’s Cross (12.10.1897, France)
Kingdom of Romania
Order of the Crown (15.2.?, Romania)
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Order of the Sacred Treasure,Grand Cordan Class (3.6.1914, Japan)