Major General Alexander Konstantinovich Goncharov /Генерал-майор Александр Константинович Гончаров/ with impressive collection of Lions.
Imperial Russian Military and Civil Officials with Persian Order of the Lion and the Sun
Talyzin Stepan Alexandrovich (Талызин Степан Александрович; 1825 - 1878) - real state councilor (1873), head of the Caucasian horse breeding district (1873). After graduating from the school of guards ensigns, in 1843 he joined the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment. In 1858 he left military service. In 1866–1867 Honorary Magistrate of the Bronnitsky district, member of the Committee for the Prevention of the Development of Cholera in Moscow. One of the founders of the Moscow Society of Art Lovers, chaired by N.V. Isakov. In 1869 he was appointed an official for special assignments under the Viceroy in the Caucasus. On May 15, 1869, in addition to his position, he was appointed secretary of the Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna.
Commander of the 14th Georgian Grenadier Regiment in 1901-1907 Pavel Platonovich Cherkov /Командир 14-го Грузинского Гренадерского Полка в 1901-1907 годах Павел Платонович Черков/.
Most likely this Gentleman is wearing ПВ-made Lions.
Unidentified cavalier of four Saint George crosses. Photo was made in 1910s in Baghdad.
Note that he is also wearing Committee for the Strengthening of the Russian Naval and Air Fleet silver badge https://asiamedals.info/threads/sil...-po-usileniju-voenno-vozdushnogo-flota.24636/
Note that he is also wearing Committee for the Strengthening of the Russian Naval and Air Fleet silver badge https://asiamedals.info/threads/sil...-po-usileniju-voenno-vozdushnogo-flota.24636/
Colonel of the Cossack troops with 3rd class Lion and Sun badge "with diamonds" (most likely from Nichols&Plinke shop https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...by-russian-workshop-nichols-plinke-n-p.27278/).
Unidentified head of the Ministry of Internal Affaires department. He is simultaneously wearing 4th/5th class badge and 1st class badge and breast star "with diamonds." Note how small is his breast star.
Unidentified cavalier of the 1st class Lion and Sun order.
Imperial Russian Officers with Siamese Awards
Captain 1st rank Semyon Stanislavovich Cherkass with 3rd class Order of the White Elephant of 1st type. Russian naval officer, captain 1st rank Semyon Stanislavovich Cherkass /Семён Станиславович Черкасс/ was born on December 14, 1846. In service since 1864. He studied in the Naval Corps and...
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Russian-made 2nd class Order of the Lion and the Sun "with diamonds".
Alexey Fedorovich Kruglov (Алексей Фёдорович Круглов; 1864, St. Petersburg - 1948, Beirut) - Russian diplomat, state councilor, consul general in Baghdad, Aleppo, Jerusalem. He is wearing three classes of the Lion and Sun order.
Uniform of Alexey Fedorovich Kruglov /private collection/.
Alexey Fedorovich Kruglov began his diplomatic work in the mid-1880s. In the early 1890s, already with the rank of collegiate secretary, he served as secretary and dragoman at the Russian consulate in Baghdad . From 1904 to 1908 - Consul General in Aleppo . From 1908 to 1914 - headed the Russian Imperial Consulate General in Jerusalem. While occupying the post of Consul General, Alexey Fedorovich Kruglov did a lot to strengthen the position of the Russian Empire in Palestine. He worked closely and helped the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society in everything, for which he was awarded the IOPS badge. He tirelessly monitored and protected the status quo of holy places, and provided assistance and support to Orthodox pilgrims. From 1915 until the beginning of the October Revolution he lived in St. Petersburg.
The family of Alexei Fedorovich Kruglov moved from revolutionary Petrograd to Novorossiysk, from where they emigrated to Egypt. A.F. Kruglov, however, did not emigrate, but was appointed in April-May 1920 “the head of Russian interests in Palestine.” In this field, he was unable to resist the British, who did not recognize Kruglov’s authority and expropriated the former territories and property of the Russian Empire in Palestine. A.F. Kruglov spent the last years of his life in Lebanon and died in 1948. He was buried in Shueifat, a suburb of Beirut.
The family of Alexei Fedorovich Kruglov moved from revolutionary Petrograd to Novorossiysk, from where they emigrated to Egypt. A.F. Kruglov, however, did not emigrate, but was appointed in April-May 1920 “the head of Russian interests in Palestine.” In this field, he was unable to resist the British, who did not recognize Kruglov’s authority and expropriated the former territories and property of the Russian Empire in Palestine. A.F. Kruglov spent the last years of his life in Lebanon and died in 1948. He was buried in Shueifat, a suburb of Beirut.
Uniform of Alexey Fedorovich Kruglov /private collection/.