Anatoly Rogozhin

{{short description|Russian military officer and Axis collaborator (1893–1972)}}

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| name = Anatoly Rogozhin

| image = Anatoly Iv. Rogozhin.jpeg

| caption = Rogozhin in 1916

| native_name = Анатолий Иванович Рогожин

| native_name_lang = ru

| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|4|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = {{ill|Chervlyonnaya|ru|Червлённая}}, Terek Oblast, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|4|6|1893|4|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = United States

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{{flagicon|Russian Empire|1858}} Imperial Russia
{{flagicon|Russian Republic}} White Movement
{{flagicon|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia
{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Nazi Germany
{{flagicon|Government of National Salvation}} Government of National Salvation

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Anatoly Ivanovich Rogozhin ({{langx|ru|Анатолий Иванович Рогожин}}; {{OldStyleDate|12 April|1893|31 March}}{{cite book |title=Верные долгу: 1941-1961 |date=1961 |publisher="объединение I полка" русского корпуса |page=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hm1bAAAAIAAJ&q=%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD+%C2%AB12+%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8F+1893+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%C2%BB |access-date=20 February 2024 |language=ru}} – 6 April 1972{{cite book |last1=Kirill |first1=Aleksandrov |title=Officer Corps of the Army of Lieutenant General A.A. Vlasov 1944-1945 |date=2001 |publisher=Russian-Baltic Information Center BLITZ |page=47 |url=https://royallib.com/read/aleksandrov_kirill/ofitserskiy_korpus_armii_general_leytenanta_aavlasova_1944_1945.html#942080 |access-date=20 February 2024}}) was a Russian officer who served in the Imperial Russian Army, the White Army, and was the last commander of the Russian Corps in Serbia during World War II.{{cite book |last1=Чичерюкин-Мейнгардт |first1=Владимир Григорьевич |title=Воинские организации Русского Зарубежья после Второй мировой войны |date=2008 |publisher=издательство не указано |isbn=978-5-903011-34-6 |page=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N4EjAQAAIAAJ&q=%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD+%C2%AB%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7+%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0%C2%BB |access-date=20 February 2024 |language=ru}}

Biography

He was born on 12 April 1893, in the stanitsa of {{ill|Chervlyonnaya|ru|Червлённая}} in the Terek Cossack Host, the son of a Cossack officer. After being raised in a cadet school and completing the Nikolaevsk Cavalry School,{{cite book |last1=Чуваков |first1=В. Н. |title=Незабытые могилы: российское зарубежье : некрологи 1917-1997 : в шести томах |date=2005 |publisher=Российская гос. библиотека |isbn=978-5-7510-0325-8 |page=221 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EY0sAQAAIAAJ&q=%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD+%C2%AB%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5+%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5.%C2%BB |access-date=20 February 2024 |language=ru}} Rogozhin commanded several cossack units in Persia. Returning to Russia in 1914, Rogozhin fought on the South-Western front during World War I. He then served in Kiev, then went to Terek where his unit confronted rebellion in the face of the February Revolution.{{cite web |title=Рогожин Анатолий Иванович |url=https://voldrozd.narod.ru/proekt/usa/novo-diev/Rogozin.html |website=voldrozd.narod.ru |access-date=20 February 2024}}

Career

In June 1918, Rogozhin participated in the Terek Cossack rebellion against the Bolsheviks and became a part of the White movement.

After evacuating from Russia, Rogozhin served in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in the border patrol. During World War II he joined the Russian Corps, becoming the commander of a regiment.{{cite book |title=Российская независимость |date=1963 |publisher=Анатолий Орлов |page=38 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4MoAQAAMAAJ&q=%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD+%C2%AB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80%C2%BB |access-date=20 February 2024 |language=ru}} He received an Iron Cross second class for bravery in battle. Upon the death of General Boris Shteifon, he became the last commander of the Corps.

Rogozhin managed to negotiate a surrender with the British forces.{{cite web |title=НАШИ ВЕСТИ |url=https://nashi-vesti.narod.ru/istNV.html |website=nashi-vesti.narod.ru |access-date=20 February 2024}} He and his men were targeted for repatriation to the SMERSH but were saved by British general Sir James Steele. He became the commander of the refugee camp. He also helped organize the evacuation of Russian veterans of the Corps and was one of the last to leave the camp in 1951. Organizing the Russian Corps Combatants veterans organization (Союз Чинов Русского Корпуса), he also established the Nashi Vesti (Our News) periodical magazine.

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Rogozhin moved to the United States where he continued being active in white emigre organizations. He died on 6 April 1972, and is buried in the Novo Deveevo Russian Orthodox convent in Nanuet, New York, by a chapel dedicated to the Corps.