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« on: November 08, 2010, 11:19:59 AM »
Do I assume that taking a more realistic approach in your terms means I should accept the possibility my father was a fake, like your grandfather.
From what I have already found out, what little I know about him has proven to be correct. See private email below sent in response to the publication of my photos.
When I say the more I find out, the less I know, it is because I'm getting a lot of feedback on the uniform and medals, which obviously differs slightly between the respondents as part of the answers are guesswork anyway, as they would have to be.
I think this should now be an end to the exchange between us. You've made your unsolicited point, I've made mine.
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Dear Arkadi,
Thanks for the message. you are welcome and I'm glad I can help you;).
Well, reflecting on your letter I can say the following. Firstly, your grandfather is not a "commoner" as you said. I can hardly imagine a commoner with the Lieutenant General rank (was strictly given by Emperor) and Order of St. Vladimir (3rd degree which was given also by N-II). Imperial Russia as an any authoritarian society was a strongly built bureaucratic state. To reach 3rd rank in the Table of Ranks (Lt. General) you should have been at least from middle-class nobility, more likely from high class (houses, servants, mentions, etc.). Of course there were exceptions, like Denikin, but this is only a few examples. So, your grandfather is more likely from the middle/high class hereditary nobility. Anyway, on the picture of your grandfather I can see a decorated Lt. General. Somewhere around WWI (General's battledress with St. Vladimir Order).
About the second photo and your father. Well, I can see a Sotnik (= Lieutenant US,UK) of one of the Don region Cossack Regiments. He is in the special white "Gymnasterka" (military blouse uniform) and in special Cossack's hat ("Papaha"). And of course he wears two St. George crosses (do not confuse with Orders of St. George).
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