Vladimir Kossogovsky

Vladimir Andreyvich Kossogovsky (14 January 1857 – 12 September 1918) was a Russian Lieutenant-General, commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade, and a member of the General Staff of the Imperial Russian Army.

Biography
Kossogovsky was educated at the first Moscow military school, the St. Nicholas Cavalry. After attending, he enlisted in the 12th Hussars Regiment Akhtyrsky (1876). According to the General Staff service record, he later became a senior of the al-T Staff 2nd Caucasus Cossack division. In May 1884, he became the new commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade. He also served in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) and the Russo-Japanese War.

In 1908, he retired to his estate, Pogostiha, in Novgorod Governorate. Kossogovsky was shot by the Bolsheviks there on 12 September 1918.

Name
His surname can be written as Kosogovsky, Kosagovsky, Kosagovsky, Kosogovsky.

Selected bibliography
Published works;


 * From the diary as a Colonel Tehran VA Kosogovskogo. Moscow, 1960 (fragments)
 * Persia in the late XIX century // New East. 1923. № 3 (fragment)
 * Essay on the development of the Persian Cossack Brigade // New East. 1923. № 4

Unpublished works;


 * The armed forces of Persia // RGVIA, f. 76, op. 1, d. 378 (503 pp.)
 * History of the Persian Cossack Brigade // RGVIA, f. 76, op. 1, d. 217 (315 pp.)
 * Articles about Persia // RGVIA, f. 76, op. 1, d. 371 (130 pp.)
 * Memories // RGVIA, f. 76, op. 1, d. 591 (128 pp.)
 * Blog // Archive of orientalists of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, p. 30 VA Kosagovsky