Year · The Kuban, the Convoy and the workshop
1911 in the Kalaushin family history
The year’s events, people, awards, documents and works — from the chronicle and its sources.
Events2
17–21 May 1911
The Convoy’s centenary
◈ published source
From 17 to 21 May 1911 the Convoy celebrated its centenary at Tsarskoye Selo; on 18 May a new standard was consecrated in front of the Catherine Palace and the Convoy paraded. The ten-man Kuban deputation included Podkhorunzhy Ivan Stepanovich Kalaushin of Batalpashinskaya, a former uryadnik of the Convoy.
Convoy officers in historical uniforms at the Convoy centenary, May 1911Photo A. K. von Hahn, Novoye Vremya, 1911; Wikimedia Commons
- ◈ Galushkin 1961, pp. 173–175
- ◈ Slobodenyuk 2011, pp. 104–105, after GAKK, f. 332, op. 1, d. 551
- ◈ Roster, No. 77
1911–1912
The parade commission for Archduke Franz Ferdinand
◇ family testimony · confirmed by relatives
The family remembers the last commission that Matvey Alekseyevich carried out together with Fedot Alekseyevich as a complete set of parade equipment for Archduke Franz Ferdinand — “full parade harness, saddles, sabres, kinzhals and so on”. The family history records that it was a “political” commission, meant to help improve relations with Austria-Hungary; war came all the same in 1914, after the Archduke’s assassination. Relatives confirm that the commission was completed.
△ hypothesis · dating
Matvey Alekseyevich died in 1912, so the work was finished no later than that year; if it was his last commission, probably in 1911–1912, when he took over the workshop of his father, who had died in 1911. From 1891 the Archduke was honorary chief of the Russian 26th Bug Dragoon Regiment, and in February 1902 he travelled to St Petersburg to present himself to Nicholas II as a General of Cavalry of the Russian army.
- ◇ Roster, No. 71
- ◈ Voennaya entsiklopediya, vol. 5, 1911
- ◆ Sport und Salon, 01.02.1902, p. 3
- ◇ A.B. Kalaushin’s roster, No. 71
- ◇ Family testimony: V.O. Kalaushin, 8 Oct 2026
Where to look
- Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv, Vienna: HA OMaA 505 — inventory of the Konopiště arms collection (1915).
- Franz Ferdinand’s papers, cartons 35–40 “Ehrenpreise und Geschenke” (1892–1914), especially 39–40 (1910–1914).
- Kriegsarchiv, Vienna — the Archduke’s military chancellery, section “Geschenke”, 1908–1914.
- Czech National Heritage Institute (NPÚ) and Konopiště Castle — inventories of 1914 and 1921, the armoury.
- RGIA, f. 468 (His Imperial Majesty’s Cabinet) — files on gifts.
6. The Workshop11. The Artist12. The Chroniclers14. Sources and Further Research→ The Archduke in the uniform of a Russian regiment→ The Archduke travels to St Petersburg
People of the year7
- Aleksey Nikolayevich Kalaushin c. 1839 – 1911 died brother of the great-great-great-grandfather
- Ivan Stepanovich Kalaushin 1860 – 1911 died, took part in events first cousin four times removed
- Matvey Alekseyevich Kalaushin 1867 – 1912 took part in events first cousin four times removed
- Fedot Alekseyevich Kalaushin 1871 – 1920 took part in events first cousin four times removed
- Nikolay Pavlovich Kalaushin 1911 – 1987 born brother of the great-grandfather
- Zinaida Semyonovna Kalaushina b. 1911 born second cousin three times removed
- Mikhail Dmitriyevich Kalaushin b. 1911 born
Documents and photographs4
Maykop, general view, 1911PastVu (pastvu.com/p/466857); original source: ok.ru Convoy officers in historical uniforms at the Convoy centenary, May 1911Photo A. K. von Hahn, Novoye Vremya, 1911; Wikimedia Commons 
Said Alim Khan, Emir of Bukhara, 1911 (photo S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky)S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky; Library of Congress 
Shashka for the Life-Guard (Convoy) Cossacks of the Terek and Kuban, Zlatoust, 1911 (Livrustkammaren)Statens historiska museer, Livrustkammaren/SHM, CC BY 4.0
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
- 10. Pushkin House1904–1968
- 13. Vyacheslav’s Linec. 1737 – the present
- 14. Sources and Further Research1737–2026