Person · Generation 5 · Ilya I’s line
Nikita Ilyich Kalaushin
Никита Ильич Калаушинb. 26 May 1878
Son of Ilya Nikolayevich, born 26 May 1878, a plastun officer: in 1914–1916 senior adjutant of the staff of the 1st Kuban Plastun Brigade and holder of the Order of St Vladimir, 4th class. A colonel of the Russian Army; in December 1920 he was entered in Constantinople on a list of refugees for the steamer Kherson.
Relation to the author
first cousin of the author’s great-great-grandfather
Path through the generations
Family tree
Family
- Father
- Ilya Nikolayevich Kalaushin (the first) b. c. 1845
- Brothers and sisters
Life events10
26 May 1878
Birth
Award: Order of St Stanislaus, 3rd class
◆ documented
Award: Order of St Anna, 3rd class
◆ documented
◈ published source
The Order of St Vladimir for Nikita Ilyich
◆ documented
Award: Order of St Vladimir, 4th class
◆ documented
Award: Badge of the 1st Kuban (Ice) March
△ hypothesis
◆ documentedŠabac
Places2
- Constantinopleevents 1920
- Šabacevents 1931
Documents and photographs12
◆ Esaul Nikita Kalaushin — Order of St Vladimir, 4th class (14 Feb 1916)Scan: Internet Archive (archive.org); Imperial orders on military ranks 
◆ "Caucasian Calendar for 1914": Kuban Plastun Brigade staff — Podesaul Nikita IlyichScan: National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, Iverieli digital library 
◆ "Kavkaz" newspaper, 1915, No. 219, p. 1 (full page): Podesaul Nikita Kalaushin"Kavkaz" newspaper (Tiflis); digitised by the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, via Wikimedia Commons 
◆ "Kavkaz", 1915, No. 219: Podesaul Nikita Kalaushin"Kavkaz" newspaper (Tiflis); digitised by the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, via Wikimedia Commons 
◆ "Kavkaz" newspaper, 1915, No. 73, p. 2 (full page): Podesaul Nikita 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. 73: Podesaul Nikita Kalaushin — Order of St Anna, 4th class "For Bravery""Kavkaz" newspaper (Tiflis); digitised by the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, via Wikimedia Commons 
◆ List of refugees for the steamer "Kherson", 18 December 1920: Colonel Nikita Ilyich KalaushinOriginal: GARF, f. R-5982, op. 1, d. 57. Published in: Glavnoe spravochnoe biuro v Konstantinopole, issue 3, comp. A. V. Efimov. Moscow: Heritage Institute, 2022, p. 21 
◆ Second version of the "Kherson" refugee list, 18 December 1920: Colonel N. I. KalaushinOriginal: GARF, f. R-5982, op. 1, d. 57. Published in: Glavnoe spravochnoe biuro v Konstantinopole, issue 3, comp. A. V. Efimov. Moscow: Heritage Institute, 2022, p. 50 
◆ Rodimy Krai (Paris, 1931): Colonel Kalaushin on the audit committee of the Šabac Cossack stanitsa (Serbia)Rodimy Krai, Paris, 1931 (scan: Internet Archive, UNC Chapel Hill)
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◆ Rodimy Krai (Paris, 1931), No. 10–11: chronicle of émigré Cossack stanitsas (page)Rodimy Krai, Paris, 1931 (scan: Internet Archive, UNC Chapel Hill) 
Maslovsky's footnote crediting Esaul N. I. Kalaushin (detail)Quotation: E. V. Maslovsky, The World War on the Caucasian Front, Paris 1933 (scan: Internet Archive) - Card: the image is not publishedE. V. Maslovsky, The World War on the Caucasian Front (Paris, 1933), p. 52E. V. Maslovsky, 1933 (scan: Internet Archive)View at the rights holder ↗
Awards4
| Awards | Date | For | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order of St Stanislaus, 3rd class | 1906-03-12 | the Kuban Plastun Battalions | ◆ documented S152 |
| Order of St Anna, 3rd class | 1909-05-06 | ◆ documented S152 | |
| Order of St Vladimir, 4th class | 1916-02-14 | ◆ documented | |
| Badge of the 1st Kuban (Ice) March | 1918 | △ hypothesis S162 S152 |
Service and institutions2
- the 1st Yekaterinodar RegimentCossack◈ published source
- the Kuban Plastun Battalionsuryadnik of the 5th, officer of the 3rd Kuban Plastun Battalion1900◈ published source
In the chronicle
- Nikita Ilyich, son of Ilya Nikolayevich — most probably the very lance corporal who distinguished himself at Dayar — was…
- In the autumn of 1914 Nikita Ilyich was senior adjutant on the staff of the 1st Kuban Plastun Brigade. On 19 October General Przhevalsky’s…
- 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); the officer list of…
1 more
- Also abroad was Nikita Ilyich Kalaushin of Batalpashinskaya stanitsa (now Cherkessk), an officer of the Cossack infantry and, according to the…
- …He began as a Cossack and an uryadnik (Cossack NCO) in the 5th Kuban Plastun (Cossack infantry) Battalion, was commissioned khorunzhy in the 3rd Kuban Plastun Battalion in 1900, by 1909 was senior adjutant of the…
- In the Civil War, according to S.V. Volkov’s entry, Nikita Ilyich — a voyskovoy starshina of the Kuban Cossack Host — served in the Volunteer Army and took part in the First…
14. Sources and Further Research
- …and Stepan Yegorovich (Georgiyevich), Yefim Mikhailovich, Nikita Ilyich. The archive of His Majesty’s Own Convoy — the Cossack bodyguard of the Emperor (fond number to be…
- …II; we read them in the 2011 edition. F. R-5982 — the Main Information Bureau in Constantinople: Nikita Ilyich in the “Name list of refugees to be sent on the steamer Kherson”, 18 December 1920…
Sources
- ◈ Name index to the Orders of the Kuban Host 1880–1899, via kubancossack, topic 855
- ◆ Imperial Order 14.02.1916
- ◈ Maslovsky 1933, p. 52
- ◆ GARF, f. R-5982, op. 1, d. 57, as published in Glavnoye spravochnoye byuro v Konstantinopole, no. 3, 2022, p. 21
Sources by key
- S001A.B. Kalaushin’s roster Kalaushiny (philippov.spb.ru, version 03.02 of 13 July 2025)
- S019GARF, f. R-5982, op. 1, d. 57
- S033Name index to the Orders of the Kuban Host, 1880–1899
- S036Kavkaz newspaper (Tiflis)
- S045Imperial Orders (Vysochayshiye prikazy)
- S058Kavkazsky kalendar (Tiflis), 1910–1914
- S082Glavnoye spravochnoye byuro v Konstantinopole, 1920–1922 gg., no. 3 (Moscow, 2022)
- S119E.V. Maslovsky, Mirovaya voyna na Kavkazskom fronte, 1914–1917 g. (Paris, 1933)
- S162S.V. Volkov, database Uchastniki Belogo dvizheniya v Rossii, vol. “K”