Sviatoslav Varlaamovich Denisov, 1878-1957
Sviatoslav Denisov was a prominent and active figure in the Russian Cossack community in the United States, where he arrived in 1923. In the United States, he was chair of the Cossack Union, and member of various Cossack organizations.
He was born in Stanitsa Piatiizbianskaia, Russia, on September 10, 1878, into a traditional Cossack family, and embarked on a military career, graduating from the Donskoi kadetskii korpus in 1896, and the Mikhailovskoe artilleriiskoe uchilishche in 1898. He underwent military duty in the 21st Don Cossack battery, and completed the Nikolaevskaia akademiia general’nogo shtaba in 1908. In 1918, as commanding officer, he took part in the Don Cossack uprising, and was elevated the same year to rank of major general and commanding officer of the Don Cossack Army.
Denisov emigrated to Constantinople in 1919, and subsequently arrived in the United States, where he played in important role in the formation of Cossack organizations, and charitable associations, and was an outspoken activist in issues relating to Cossack life in general. He is mostly known for publishing a history of the White Army, entitled Belyi al’bom.
Sviatoslav Varlaamovich Denisov died on April 19, 1957, in Stratford, CT.
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