Daily Official Activities of V. F. von der Launitz, Last Commander of Separate Corps of Internal Guard

Abstract

The article is devoted to the last commander of a Separate corps of the Internal guard (SCIG) of the Russian Empire, Lieutenant General Vasily Fedorovich von der Launitz. The relevance of the topic is determined by the need to understand the historical experience of management decisions on the reorganization of the SCIG in the transformation of internal troops and the creation of Rosgvardia in Russia. A brief biography of V. F. von der Launitz is given. On the basis of the archival material first introduced into circulation, the content of the daily work of the commander of the SCIG is considered, which determines the novelty of the study. With the help of analysis of archival documents and scientific literature the main activities of V. F von der Launitz as commander of the SCIG are identified. The role of V. F von der Launitz in the decision to disband SCIG in the course of D. A. Milyutin’s military transformations is considered. It is concluded that V. F von der Launitz made every effort to ensure order and discipline in the corps entrusted to him, and its disbandment was induced by the general logic of the Milyutin’s reforms and cannot be blamed on the commander of the SCIG. It is reasonably assumed that a number of Milyutin’s reform decisions, including the abolition of the SCIG, were determined by his personal experience of service as chief of staff of a Separate Caucasian corps.

Keywords

• v. f. von der launitz
• commander of the scig
• internal guard
• history of internal troops
• rosgvardia
• archival documents
• military reforms
• d. a. milyutin
• experience of the caucasian war