Alexander V. Golubintzev

Alexander V. Golubintzev
Native name	Александр Васильевич Голубинцев
Born	(1882-02-28)February 28, 1882 Don Host Oblast
Died	April 19, 1963(1963-04-19) (aged 81) Cleveland, Ohio
Allegiance	Russian
Service / branch	Army
Rank	Major General
Commands	3rd Don Cavalry Regiment
Battles / wars	Russo-Japanese War

Alexander Vassilievich Golubintzev (Russian: Александр Васильевич Голубинцев; February 28, 1882 – April 19, 1963) was member of the Imperial Russian Army. He joined the army during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904. He was a colonel in the army when the Russian Revolution of 1917 broke out in 1917. He became a Major General in the Don Army and the Armed Forces of South Russia and one of the leaders of the counterrevolutionary White movement.

At the start of World War I he was a colonel and commander of the 3rd Don Cavalry Regiment(ru:Донской 3-й казачий полк). as well a military commander and organizer of the 4st Cossack Volunteer Cavalry Regiment at the stanitsa Ust-Khoperskaya. He joined the March on Moscow of General Konstantin Mamontov as a commander of the 5th Don Cavalry Division and later fled in exile to Bulgaria, Germany, and the United States. He died on April 19, 1963, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Writings

• Golubintzev, A.V., «Russian Vandea», 1995

See also

• Don Army
• Don Republic
• Volunteer Army
• Russian Civil War

References

• Valeri Klawing, Konstantin K. Mamantov: Civil War in Russia. White movement armies. M., 2003
• Volkov S.V.: White movement in Russia: Organisation and structure. 2000 http://swolkov.ru/bdorg/bdorg20.htm#1329
• Alexander V. Golubintzev on Hrono.ru http://hrono.ru/biograf/bio_g/golubincev.html