Fyodor Keller

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After the February Revolution in 1917, Keller was one of the two Russian generals, along with Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, who supported the Tsar. Keller sent a telegram to the headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief to offer Nicholas II the use of his corps for suppression of the revolt, but Nicholas II never received this telegram. Count Keller refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Russian Provisional Government, and was dismissed from his position. He left for Kharkiv, where his family lived at that time. Later Keller moved to Kiev, where on 19 November 1918 he was appointed by hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi the commander-in-chief of all troops on the territory of Ukraine. Skoropadskyi needed the support of Russian monarchists in his struggle against the Ukrainian insurgents, but Keller understood the appointment as the beginning of his own dictatorship. Keller instituted a five-member Council of the State Defense, composed entirely of the monarchist politicians, and stated that he served one Russian state. Skoropadskyi dismissed Keller on 26 November for "overstepping his authorities" and replaced him with general Prince Alexander Dolgorukov. When Kiev was taken by the troops of the Directorate of Ukraine, Keller was arrested and executed. He was buried…Citește mai mult

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Count Fyodor Arturovich Keller (Russian: Фёдор Артурович Келлер; German: Theodor Alexander Graf von Keller; 24 October [O.S. 12 October] 1857 – 21 December 1918) was a Russian General of the cavalry, one of the leaders of the White movement in 1918, and a monarchist.

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Military career Fyodor Arturovich Keller was born in Kursk, to the family of ethnic German General Artur Fyodorovich Keller. He was a cousin of Fyodor Eduardovich Keller, who distinguished himself in the Russo-Japanese War. Fyodor Keller studied at the preparatory boarding school of the Nikolaev Cavalry School and passed the entrance exam for the Tver Cavalry Cadet School in 1878. However, after the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, he volunteered for combat and was awarded the 1st and 2nd Class Crosses of St. George for bravery. After the war, he served in the 1st Leib Dragoon Moscow Regiment. He ascended ranks and on 16 February 1904, he was appointed the commander of the 15th Alexander Dragoon Regiment in Kiev. From June 1906 he was the commander of the Leib Guards Dragoon Regiment. In 1907, he was awarded the rank of Fliegel-Adjutant and in July of the same year, he was promoted to major general with enrollment in H. I. M. Retinue. During the First Russian Revolution between 1905 and 1907, he acted as a provisional Governor-General of Kalisz, and survived two assassination attempts. The first attempt failed when Keller managed to catch a bomb thrown at his carriage,…Citește mai mult