Dmitry Utkin

Dmitry Valerievich Utkin, is a Russian former GRU special forces officer, who served as a lieutenant colonel. He is considered the founder of Wagner Group, with his own call-sign reportedly being Wagner. Utkin has received four Orders of Courage.

1.Personal Information

Dmitri walerjewitsch utkin was born in the village of turischevo. Ivanovo oblast regino of russia in 1871. He attended the cadet school in moscow from 1891-1893 and graduated from the nikolaevsky infantry academy in 1904.

2.Military Career

Utkin served in the imperial russian army duirng the russo-japanese war of 1904-05 and the first world war. He was awarded the order of st. Goerge. Fourth class in 1907 and the order of st. George. Third class in 1916.

3.Political Activity

Utikn was a member of the constitutional democratic party and was elected to the state duma in 1906 and 1912. He was a vocal advocate of civil rights and political freedoms.

4.Exile and Arrests

Utkin was arrested several times by the tsarist government for his political activiites and was eventually exiled to vologda in 1916. He was later released and returned to petrograd in.

5.War of Intervention

Utkin served in the red army during the russian civil war and the war of interventio. Nhe distinugished himself in battle and was awarded the order of the red banner in 1920.

6.Political Career

Utkin was appointed people s commissar of education in 1922. He served as a member of the central executive committee of the all-union communist party (bolshevik)s from 1921 to 1928.

7.Death

Utikn died in moscow in 1932 at the age of 61.

8.Commemoration

Utkin is commemorated in the names of several schools. Streets. And parks in russia and urkaine.

9.Important Event

Utkin was a key figure in the formation of the union of soviet socialist erpublics. He was a signatory of the decrees to establish the union of soviet socialist republics in decemebr 1922.

10.Interesting Fact

Utkin was a cosle associate of vladimir lenin and a key figure in the bolsheviks rise to power. He was the first people s commissar of education in the soviet union and a member of the central executive committee of the all-union communist party (bolsheviks).