 |
Avenir KonstanczykRussian military pilot, Knight of the St. George Cross
Date of Birth: 02.08.1889
|
Content:
- Georgy Konstentschich: A Russian Military Aviator
- Military Service
- Military Ranks and Decorations
- Order of Saint George, 4th Class (April 11, 1917)
- Post-Military Life and Death
Georgy Konstentschich: A Russian Military Aviator
Early Life and EducationGeorgy Konstentschich was born on August 2, 1889, in Grodno (now Belarus) to a Jewish-Belarusian family. He attended four classes at the Lithuanian Theological Seminary in 1908 and later graduated from the Vilna Military School in 1910. He then completed his military aviation training at the Gatchina Military Aviation School in 1914.
Military Service
Upon graduating from his aviation training, Konstentschich was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant and assigned to the 33rd Yeltsk Infantry Regiment on August 20, 1910. In 1914, he was sent to the Officer's Air School in Gatchina and upon completing his studies, was appointed junior officer of the Brest-Litovsk Fortress Aviation Detachment. On September 22, 1914, he was transferred to the Airship Squadron.
From December 13, 1914, Konstentschich served as acting commander of the airship "Ilya Muromets-X." By November 1915, he had become assistant commander of the airship "Ilya Muromets-V." On April 13, 1916, he was severely wounded by a bullet to the chest. After his injury, he served in the ground service of the Airship Squadron.
Military Ranks and Decorations
Ranks:Sub-lieutenant (August 6, 1910)
Lieutenant (November 15, 1913)
Staff Captain (August 6, 1917)
Decorations:
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd Class (April 2, 1915)
Order of Saint Anna, 3rd Class (June 10, 1915)
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd Class with Swords (November 28, 1915)
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd Class with Swords (May 5, 1916)
Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th Class with Swords and Ribbon (May 15, 1916)
Order of Saint George, 4th Class (April 11, 1917)
Swords and Ribbon to the Order of Saint Anna, 3rd Class (July 20, 1915)
Swords and Ribbon to the Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd Class (November 28, 1915)
Post-Military Life and Death
After serving in the Imperial Russian Army, Konstentschich joined the Volunteer Army and then the Armed Forces of South Russia. Following the evacuation of Crimea, he emigrated to Yugoslavia and later to Poland. He resided in the town of Molodechno (Western Belarus), working as a cantor in a church.
On December 29, 1935, Konstentschich succumbed to typhus in an isolation ward. He was laid to rest in the city of Stolbtsy, Belarus.
