KosRtrBrig Turkul' [May 1945]
Kosaken-Reiter-Brigade "Turkul'"
Kdt/ CO: Generalmajor/ Major General Turkul', Anton Vasil'evič
insgesamt 5500 Mann
Otdelnyj korpus v sostave Vooruzhennyh Sil KONR v Zalcburge (Independent Corps in Armed Forces of KONR in Salzburg)
CO –Major General Anton V. Turkul
Adjutant – first lieutenant S. I. Afanasjev
CiS – Major General V. V. Von Krejter
CiSMajor General V. V. Von Krejter
Major General von Krejter, V. V. was according my sources the
Hauptbevollmächtigter des KONR in der Ostmark. (~ Main authorized of the KONR in Austria)
1. Regiment
Kdt/ CO: Oberst/ Colonel Kržižanowskij
HQ: Linz
Otdelnyj Polk (Independent Regiment)
HQ –Linz
CO – Colonel Krzhizhanovskij or Kržižanowskij
2. Regiment "Varjag"
Kdt/ CO: Oberst/ Colonel Semenew
HQ: Ljubljana
Polk “Varjag” (Regiment “Varjag”)
HQ – Ljubliana
CO – Colonel Mihail A. Semenev
CO I battalion – Major A. Orlov
CO II battailon – Najor Osterman
CO GrW kompanie – Major A. D. Shilenok
3. Regiment
Kdt/ CO:
HQ: Villach
Svodnyj Pehotnyj Polk (Mixed Infantry Regiment)
HQ - Villach
CO- Colonel Vasilij A. Kardakov
CO of battalion – Captain V. N. Bushkov
Don-Kosaken-Regiment
Kdt/ CO: Generalmajor/ Major General Borodin S. K.
Otdelnyj Kasačij Regiment (Independent Cossacks Regiment)
CO – Major General Sysoj K. Balabin
Balabin must be incorrect.
His first names are E. I. .
Lieutenant General Balabin, E. I. and
Major General Abramow, F. F. were the first cossack generals to change to the KONR, in
November 1944.
He was later part of the headquarters of the KONR.
MfG Michi