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Insignia of the Military Order (the soldiers’ St George Cross)
Знак отличия Военного ордена (солдатский Георгиевский крест)
About the award
6 recipients in the family; 1859–1877; The Imperial Army.
Insignia of the Military Order, 4th class (soldiers' St George Cross)Photo: Engelberthumperdink / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; National Museum of Tatarstan
Kalaushin recipients6
| Who | Class | Date | For | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepan (Stefan) Alekseyevich Kalaushin · first cousin six times removed | 4th class | 1859-06-22 | the 1st Urup Regiment | ◆ documented S032 S001 |
| Stefan (Stepan) Nikolayevich Kalaushin · brother of the great-great-great-grandfather | 4th class | 1859-10-19 | the Khoper Cossack Regiment | ◆ documented S053 S001 |
| Aleksandr Nikolayevich Kalaushin · great-great-great-grandfather | 4th class (probably) | 1874 | ◈ published source S001 | |
| Aleksey Nikolayevich Kalaushin · brother of the great-great-great-grandfather | 4th class (probably) | 1874 | the Kuban Cossack Host | ◈ published source S001 |
| Ilya Nikolayevich Kalaushin (the first) · brother of the great-great-great-grandfather | 4th class | 1877-06-09 | the 2nd Khoper Regiment | ◆ documented S053 |
| Yegor (Georgy) Afanasyevich Kalaushin · first cousin six times removed | 4th class | 1877-06-09 | the 2nd Khoper Regiment | ◆ documented S053 |
Grants on the time axis
185918741877
Documents and photographs5
◆ Order of the War Minister for irregular troops No. 32, 22 June 1859 (heading)Scan: Internet Archive (archive.org) 
◆ Uryadnik Stepan Kalaushin — St George insignia, 4th class (order of 1859, p. 7)Scan: Internet Archive (archive.org) 
◆ Tolstov, History of the Khoper Regiment, App. 65, p. 138: Cossack Stepan Kalaushin, Psebai, 1859Scan: State Public Historical Library of Russia (elib.shpl.ru) 
◆ Tolstov, App. 74, p. 231: Uryadnik Egor Koloushin — St George insignia for Dayar, 1877Scan: State Public Historical Library of Russia (elib.shpl.ru) 
◆ Tolstov, App. 74, p. 232: Prikazny Ilya Koloushin — St George insignia for Dayar, 1877Scan: State Public Historical Library of Russia (elib.shpl.ru)
In the chronicle
- …of 22 June 1859, for actions “during the first half of 1858, on the Right Flank of the Caucasus Line”, the Insignia of the Military Order, 4th class, was awarded to the uryadniks of the 1st Urup Regiment Stepan Kalaushin and Ivan Kiporov…
- …in an action with the mountaineers when they attacked a herd near the Psebay fortification” — the Insignia of the Military Order, 4th class, also went to Cossack Stepan Kalaushin; the award was announced by the War Minister’s order No.…
- The Insignia of the Military Order — “the soldier’s St George Cross” — was given to the lower ranks for distinction in battle. The first…
- …the cattle at the ford and cut their way into the enemy. For that day the Insignia of the Military Order, 4th class, went to Uryadnik Luka Fisenkov and twelve Cossacks, among them “Stepan Kalaushin”; the awards…
- …the list of uryadniks of 1887), Aleksandr and Aleksey Nikolayevich held the Insignia of the Military Order, the silver Medal “For the Conquest of the Western Caucasus” and the Cross “For Service in the Caucasus”;…
- Aleksandr Nikolayevich (b. 1837) — an uryadnik (a Cossack non-commissioned officer), holder of the Insignia of the Military Order.
- …entered service in January 1855, was “listed as an uryadnik from as early as December 1855”, and held the Insignia of the Military Order (“the soldier’s St George Cross”) No. 19441, the silver Medal “For the Conquest of the Western Caucasus” and…
- …the Batalpashinsk Department (TsGVIA, f. 330, op. 56, d. 452); the RGVIA database Georgiyevskiye kavalery — Insignia of the Military Order No. 19441.