Place · Settlement · Persia and the Caspian
Petrovsk
Петровскnow MakhachkalaRepublic of Dagestan
- The family here: 1918
- People: 1
On the map
Role in the family history
The port where the steamers carrying the Khoper Cossacks from Persia arrived in the spring of 1918; in the family’s account, “Baku (Makhachkala)”.
People
Events involving the family
- Roman Vasilyevich Kalaushin 14 October 1895 – 1983 Generation 41918 second cousin five times removed
Events
◇ family testimonyPetrovsk
In the chronicle
- …at war with Persia”. The Cossacks “routed the Persians” and came home by sea: they “arrived by ship in Baku (Makhachkala), and here the revolutionaries would not let them ashore”. So the Cossacks fought their way ashore, took…
- …In the spring of 1918, hiding from the soldiers’ committees, he sailed from the Persian port of Enzeli to Petrovsk (now Makhachkala) on the steamer that carried the 3rd Khoper Regiment; the Khoper Cossacks hid him in the…
On the family route
The return from Persia, 1918
Petrovsk: the steamers carrying the Khoper Cossacks reach the port
Nearby
- Vladikavkaz230 km
- Mozdok246 km
- Tiflis263 km
- Nalchik320 km
- Baku349 km