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Yefim (Yevfimy) Mikhailovich Kalaushin
Ефим (Евфимий) Михайлович Калаушин25 December 1877 – 1920
Born 25 December 1877, an officer of the 1st Kuban Regiment: promoted yesaul for distinction in action (1915) and voyskovoy starshina (1916), by 1917 assistant regimental commander. According to the roster, he served in Baratov’s corps in Persia; in the Civil War he was a colonel and died (according to the family, went missing) in 1920.
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- Ефим Михайлович Калаушин
- Roster entry No. 131.72
Relation to the author
A common ancestor with the author has not been established
Family tree
Family
- Children
- Aleksey Yefimovich Kalaushin b. 28 October 1910
- Kira Yefimovna Shvetsova (née Kalaushina) 14 February 1920 – 22 April 2006
Life events9
Birth
the Stavropol Cossack Junker School: ends
◆ documented
Award: Order of St Stanislaus, 3rd class
◆ documented
Award: Order of St Anna, 3rd class
◆ documented
Award: Order of St Stanislaus, 2nd class
◆ documented
Yefim Mikhailovich, yesaul for distinction
◆ documented
Award: Order of St Anna, 4th class
◆ documented
Death
Places5
- Batalpashinskaya stanitsaborn · named in the roster entry · study
- Armavirnamed in the roster entry
- Prochnookopskaya stanitsanamed in the roster entry
- St Petersburgnamed in the roster entry
- Stavropolskaya stanitsa (Stavropol fortress)study 1897
Documents and photographs9

◆ Esaul Efim Kalaushin — Order of St Anna, 4th class "For Bravery" (19 Oct 1915)Scan: Internet Archive (archive.org); Imperial orders on military ranks 
◆ Voiskovoi starshina Efim Kalaushin — swords to the Order of St Stanislaus, 2nd class (8 Dec 1916)Scan: Internet Archive (archive.org); Imperial orders on military ranks 
◆ "Caucasian Calendar for 1914": 1st Kuban Regiment — Podesaul Evfimy KalaushinScan: National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, Iverieli digital library 
◆ "Kavkaz" newspaper, 1915, No. 144, p. 1 (full page): Efim Kalaushin promoted to esaul"Kavkaz" newspaper (Tiflis); digitised by the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, via Wikimedia Commons 
◆ "Kavkaz", 1915, No. 144: Efim Kalaushin promoted to esaul"Kavkaz" newspaper (Tiflis); digitised by the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, via Wikimedia Commons 
◆ "Kavkaz" newspaper, 1915, No. 72, p. 2 (full page): Podesaul Evfimy Kalaushin — Order of St Anna, 4th class "For Bravery""Kavkaz" newspaper (Tiflis); digitised by the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, via Wikimedia Commons 
◆ "Kavkaz", 1915, No. 72: Podesaul Evfimy Kalaushin — Order of St Anna, 4th class "For Bravery""Kavkaz" newspaper (Tiflis); digitised by the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, via Wikimedia Commons 
◆ "Kavkaz" newspaper, 1917, No. 16, p. 1 (full page): Voiskovoi starshina Efim Kalaushin"Kavkaz" newspaper (Tiflis); digitised by the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, via Wikimedia Commons 
◆ "Kavkaz", 1917, No. 16: Voiskovoi starshina Efim Kalaushin"Kavkaz" newspaper (Tiflis); digitised by the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, via Wikimedia Commons
Awards6
| Awards | Date | For | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order of St Stanislaus, 3rd class | 1906-05-06 | the Kuban Cossack Host | ◆ documented S152 |
| Order of St Anna, 3rd class | 1909-12-28 | the Kuban Cossack Host | ◆ documented S152 |
| Order of St Stanislaus, 2nd class | 1914-02-03 | the Kuban Cossack Host | ◆ documented S045 S152 |
| Order of St Anna, 4th class | 1915-10-19 | the 1st Kuban Regiment | ◆ documented |
| Order of St Stanislaus, 2nd class (swords) | 1916-12-08 | the 1st Kuban Regiment | ◆ documented |
| Order of St Anna | △ hypothesis S001 |
Service and institutions4
- the Batalpashinsk Town Schoolpupil◆ documented
- the Stavropol Cossack Junker Schoolcadet (class of 1897)1897◆ documented
- the 1st Yekaterinodar RegimentCossack, podkhorunzhy◈ published source
- the 1st Kuban Regimentofficer◆ documented
In the chronicle
- Yefim (Yevfimy) Mikhailovich was born on 25 December 1877. He finished the Batalpashinsk Town School and, in 1897, the Stavropol…
- …. According to the roster he served with General Baratov’s Expeditionary Corps. Note on the roster. The Orders of St Anna, 3rd class with swords and bow, and 2nd class with swords, which…
- RGVIA, f. 400 and f. 409: service records of Afanasy and Stepan Yegorovich, Yefim Mikhailovich and Nikita Ilyich; f. 408, op. 1, d. 498 and 15097: officer lists of the 2nd Khoper Regiment (1914, 1915);…
- …Starshina (Cossack lieutenant colonel) Yefim (Yevfimy) Mikhailovich Kalaushin also served in Baratov’s corps, and “with him on this expedition were another Kalaushin, a sotnik… and also a praporshchik Kalaushin”…
- …stanitsa until April 1919, rose to colonel and died in 1920; family sources say he went missing that year. Nikita Ilyich took part in the First Kuban (“Ice”) March, then headed the office (pravitel…
Sources
- ◈ Name index to the Orders of the Kuban Host 1880–1899, via kubancossack, topic 855
- ◆ Kavkaz, no. 144, 26.06.1915, p. 1
- ◈ Volkov database, vol. “K”
- ◇ Roster, No. 131
Sources by key
- S001A.B. Kalaushin’s roster Kalaushiny (philippov.spb.ru, version 03.02 of 13 July 2025)
- S033Name index to the Orders of the Kuban Host, 1880–1899
- S036Kavkaz newspaper (Tiflis)
- S045Imperial Orders (Vysochayshiye prikazy)
- S058Kavkazsky kalendar (Tiflis), 1910–1914
- S162S.V. Volkov, database Uchastniki Belogo dvizheniya v Rossii, vol. “K”