Year · The Kuban, the Convoy and the workshop
1896 in the Kalaushin family history
The year’s events, people, awards, documents and works — from the chronicle and its sources.
Events2
1896
Nizhny Novgorod: a bronze medal and an honourable mention
◆ documented
At the 16th All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition a bronze medal for leather goods went to “Kalaushin, Fedot Alekseyevich, uryadnik, and Kalaushin, Mikhail Alekseyevich, and Fisenko, Ivan Mikhailovich, Cossacks, in St Petersburg”, and an honourable mention to “Kalaushin, Matvey Alekseyevich, uryadnik, in Yekaterinodar”.
- Fedot Alekseyevich 1871 – 1920
- Mikhail Alekseyevich 9 July 1870 – 1912
- Matvey Alekseyevich 1867 – 1912
- Nizhny Novgorod
- Quality
◆ Entry for the bronze medal to Fedot and Mikhail Kalaushin (detail)Scan: Internet Archive (archive.org) 
◆ Entry for the honourable mention to Matvei Kalaushin (detail)Scan: Internet Archive (archive.org) 
◆ "Kalaushin, uryadnik of the Kuban Host" — line in the 1896 bronze-medal listScan: Internet Archive (archive.org)
- ◆ Illyustrirovanny vestnik 1898, no. 1, pp. 33, 36
- ◆ Albom uchastnikov 1896, pt III, p. 158
6. The Workshop4. Service and Crosses5. At Court10. Pushkin House11. The Artist14. Sources and Further Research
August 1896
The Archduke in the uniform of a Russian regiment
◆ documented
In August 1896 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, honorary chief of the Russian 26th Bug Dragoon Regiment since 1891, met Nicholas II at the Vienna station in the uniform of his Russian regiment; at the doors of the imperial carriage, the newspapers wrote, stood “Circassians in bright red uniform” — △ the name they gave to Convoy Cossacks in scarlet cherkeskas.
◆ Vienna, 27 August 1896: Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Russian uniform; Convoy Cossacks at the door (Salzburger Chronik)ÖNB / ANNO — Austrian National Library
- ◆ Salzburger Chronik, 28.08.1896, p. 2
- ◆ Pester Lloyd, 27.08.1896, p. 11
- ◈ Voennaya entsiklopediya, vol. 5, 1911, “Bugsky 9th Uhlan…”
People of the year4
- Matvey Alekseyevich Kalaushin 1867 – 1912 took part in events, award first cousin four times removed
- Mikhail Alekseyevich Kalaushin 9 July 1870 – 1912 took part in events, award first cousin four times removed
- Fedot Alekseyevich Kalaushin 1871 – 1920 took part in events, award first cousin four times removed
- Aleksandr Matveyevich Kalaushin 1896 – 1953 born second cousin three times removed
Awards3
- Honourable mention of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition of 1896Matvey Alekseyevich◆ documented
- Bronze medal of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition of 1896Mikhail Alekseyevich◆ documented
- Bronze medal of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition of 1896Fedot Alekseyevich◆ documented
Documents and photographs22
◆ "Album of participants… 1896", pt III, p. 156: start of Department IX awardsScan: Internet Archive (archive.org) 
◆ "Album of participants… 1896", pt III, p. 158: "Kalaushin, uryadnik of the Kuban Host" — bronze medalScan: Internet Archive (archive.org) 
◆ Heading "VIII. With bronze medals" (Album 1896, p. 158)Scan: Internet Archive (archive.org) ◆ "Kalaushin, uryadnik of the Kuban Host" — line in the 1896 bronze-medal listScan: Internet Archive (archive.org) 
◆ Preamble of the official 1896 exhibition awards listScan: Internet Archive (archive.org) 
◆ "Album of participants… 1896", pt III, p. 149: title of the official awards listScan: Internet Archive (archive.org) 
◆ Dept IX, honourable mentions under "Ka-": no KalaushinScan: Internet Archive (archive.org) 
◆ Alphabetical index of 1896 exhibitors, "Kal-": no KalaushinScan: Library of the Ministry of Finance of Russia 
◆ Cover of the General Index of the 1896 All-Russian ExhibitionScan: Library of the Ministry of Finance of Russia
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◆ Class 309 "Harness and saddlery", 1896: no Kalaushin listedScan: Library of the Ministry of Finance of Russia 
◆ General Index 1896, p. 239: Class 309 "Harness and saddlery"Scan: Library of the Ministry of Finance of Russia 
◆ General Index 1896, p. 240: Class 309 continuedScan: Library of the Ministry of Finance of Russia 
◆ General Index 1896, p. 378: Military Department, Group 166 "Cossack Hosts"Scan: Library of the Ministry of Finance of Russia 
◆ Classes 562–563: Cossack saddle and horse equipment at the 1896 exhibition (detail)Scan: Library of the Ministry of Finance of Russia 
◆ General Index 1896, p. 9: exhibition departments and their headsScan: Library of the Ministry of Finance of Russia 
◆ Nicholas II arrives in Vienna, 27 August 1896: the Convoy's "Circassians" (Pester Lloyd)ÖNB / ANNO — Austrian National Library ◆ Vienna, 27 August 1896: Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Russian uniform; Convoy Cossacks at the door (Salzburger Chronik)ÖNB / ANNO — Austrian National Library 
"A platoon of old Kuban Cossacks, St George Cross holders", Razvedchik, 1896Razvedchik magazine, 1896; Wikimedia Commons 
Nicholas II on horseback in the uniform of His Majesty's Own Convoy (chromolithograph)Wikimedia Commons (public domain) 
◆ 1896 exhibition: "Batalpashinsk town school. Craft department: harness-making and locksmithing-smithing"Scan: Internet Archive (archive.org) 
◆ Headings "VII. 3rd-class diplomas" and "VIII. Bronze medals" (Album 1896, p. 158)Scan: Internet Archive (archive.org) 
◆ Headings "IX. 4th-class diplomas" and "X. Honourable mentions" (Album 1896, p. 159)Scan: Internet Archive (archive.org)
Works and objects2
Chapters of the period
- 1. The Name17th century – present
- 4. Service and Crosses1810–1917
- 5. At Court1853–1911
- 6. The Workshop1840s–1931
- 13. Vyacheslav’s Linec. 1737 – the present
- 14. Sources and Further Research1737–2026