Cossack Identify uniform +/-1900 (and more).You're help requested

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eckmulh@free.fr

Aliosha asked me to help him with his great-grandfather's photo. Here it is:


And here's Major-General Stepan Alexeyevich Boldyrev's service record, dated 1907 - when the above photo was taken:


At that time, Boldyrev was commanding 1st brigade, 2nd Don Cossack cavalry division. Born in 1852, he was educated in Imperial Law School in St.-Petersburg and in Novocherkassk Cossack Cavalry School. Upon graduation, he enlisted in Life-Guards Atamansky Cossack regiment.

In the course of his service, he held various military administration posts, until being appointed, in 1900, commander of 9th Don Cossack regiment and in 1904, commander of 1st brigade, 2nd Don Cossack cavalry division. He was promoted to Major-General in 1904 and awarded St. Stanislav 1st class in 1907. The photo was probably taken on that occasion. His other awards include St. Vladimir 3rd and 4th class, St. Anna 2nd class and a usual set of lesser orders and medals.

As Aliosha wrote me, Stepan Alexeyevich Boldyrev retired in 1911, stayed in Russia after the revolution and was executed in 1923.

Boldyrev was commanding 1st brigade, 2nd Don Cossack cavalry division.

Correction: actually 2nd brigade, 1st Don Cossack cavalry division; stationed in Lublin Province, Poland.
New info: was married twice. The first marriage ended in divorce with no offspring, the second produced 4 children.

Many many thanks, Mike, for both your messages wich carry very interesting information on my greatgranfather, general ,Stepan Alexeevich Boldyrev (SAB). If it is not too much, I would be very grateful to have also information on the following:
1) Family name of SAB's second spouse (her Christian name was Anna Karlova), and possibly her date and place of birth,
2) SAB had a half-brother, whose name was Fedor Alexeevich Boldyrev. He was judge at the Beilis process (1913). Did he get married? Dis he have children?
   Thank you so much