Baron Wassily Felgenhauer Василий Фельгенгауэр | |
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Born | July 4, 1957 |
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Movement | Anti-liberal opposition |
Religion | Russian Orthodox |
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Baron Vassily Vladimirovich Felgenhauer (Russian: Василий Владимирович Фельгенгауэр, born July 4, 1957) commonly known by Wassily Felgenhauer and Baron Felgenhauer is a Russian former military politician, who served as the Generalissmus of the Great Russian Commonwealth between 1995 to 2000, before being succeeded by Prince Vladimir Ungern-Sternberg. He is also a noted member of the Volga German Military Society.
Felgenhauer is perhaps most memorable for his role in restoring Russia's military integrity, by vanquishing armed insurrections in Georgia, Chechnya, Dagestan and Central Asia, with the preceding Generalissmus, Pavel Grachev, having done a poor job in putting down the separatists, ultimately leading to the 1993 Constitutional Crisis that saw Tsaritsa Maria I depose of Grachev. In 1997, he officially became a Baron.
Flegenhauer had lost a controversial military Senatorial election to Pavel Grachev in 1984, and played a role in the conservative opposition to the liberal-leaning leadership of Grachev, Korkunov and Rasskazov. For his role in restoring internal order, he is considered a living national hero.
Biography[]
Vassily Felgenhauer is of Volga German and Russian descent, and was born to Wladimir Felgenhauer, a wealthy Volga German, and his Russian wife, Lyudmila (nee Olkhosvskaya) in the Volga German Baronate. He was born as the eldest of three children, namely Viktor and Sergey. Before Wassily himself, the Felgenheurs were not of noble descent. Wladimir Felgenhauer, who was born as David Yutzi, was originally a VOlga Amish, who grew disinterested and dissatisfied with his community. Via contact with other Volga Germans and Baltic Germans, as well as Russian officers, David changed his name to Wladimir after the man who influenced him (a man by the name of Vladimir Apulkov), and his surname to Felgenhauer, after his Volga German colleague, as well as being disgraced from his community. Wladimir later converted to Orthodox Christianity, and would go serve in the Imperial Russian military, becoming the first of his kind to join the Imperial Army.
Stationed as a reserve in Tsarytsin, He would marry an ethnic Russian, Lyudmila Olkhosvskaya. Olkhosvkaya was the daughter of a wealthy postal businessman, Pavel Olkhosvky.
Wassily was raised Russian Orthodox, but also grew up natively speaking Volga German in addition to Russian, retaining some of his father's Amish practices, such as owning rural land and living a rural life.
Although not of noble background, the Felgenhauers' wealth often-not had them being mistaken as being of nobility. Felgenhauer later told interviewers, "Yeah, everyone assumed I was of of noble descent or something, I mean, me and my family did pretty much everything nobles did, we dressed wealthy, wore a lot of jewelry, attended fancy balls, and were staunch supporters of the Tsar, they jokingly referred to me as Vassily I, Prince of the Volga".
Felgenhauer attended the prestigious Imperial Gymnasium of Tsarytsin. Felgenhauer had dated a wealthy Volga German woman for a while, until he fell in love with a down-to-earth Russian woman by the name of Lyudmila, who attended non-prestigious public schools and came from a humble background.
Felgenhauer joined the Imperial Russian military in 1972, and was stationed in Constantinople. After completing the standard two-year service in 1974, he continued military service, serving in Manchuria in 1975, Korea that same year, and Japan in 1976. From 1977 and on, Felgenhauer was stationed at an overseas base in Yugoslavia, here his battalion was actually greeted by King Alexander I of Yugoslavia. His battalion had high ties with Serbian princesses, and often attended fancy balls with the latter.
He officially retired from military service in 1987, however during this time, Russia was already in a state of internal conflict. Once again, the nobilities in Russia were being threatened by democratic republicans and separatists. Therefore, Felgenhauer once again, put his life at risk, by spending his wealth on arms deals with ammunition suppliers in Russia, joining the Volga Imperial Guard, a Tsarist and conservative paramilitary group in Tsarytsin. He also became leader of the Volga German Military Society, which at this point, chose a pro-Tsarist stance.
The Volga Imperial Guard and Volga German Military Society were successful in cleansing Tsarytsin from anti-monarchists.
In 1993, after Tsaritsa Maria I Vladimirovna deposed of the liberal troika of Korkunov, Grachev and Rasskazov, Felgenhauer was summoned by Stavka as a candidate of the Emergency Senatorial Elections, to which he succeeded in getting the votes.
As the Generalissmus, Felgenhauer enacted a tough policy against anti-Tsarists, not only in Russia, but also in the Balkans, quelling insurrections all over Russia within a two-year time-span.
Crowning as a Baron[]
For his excellent service, Tsaritsa Maria I Vladimirovna crowned Wassily as a Baron of the Great Russian Commonwealth, In-Service to Her Majesty. The Tsaritsa gifted him with land and property in northern Alash (northern Kazakhstan, where most Soviet Germans were deported to in our OTL).
Northern Alash was predominantly ethnic Russian, and thus, upon Felgenhauer's arrival, most of northern Alash hailed him as a national hero.
Prince Vladimir Ungern-Sternberg, the succeeding Generalissmus, stated that it was well-deserved.
Personal life[]
Vassily Felgenhauer speaks German on a fluent level. He is currently retired and resides in Port Arthur. He currently owns two large estates, one in his home of Tsarytsin and Engels, capital of the Volga German Baronate. He is currently married to French-Russian businesswoman and philanthropist Svetlana (nee de Yermolayev).
Felgenhauer owns over $1.4 billion worth of property, and is also an avid gun collector. Felgenhauer gave birth to many children, Anna, Vladimir, Mikhail, Olga and Pavel. He has extended family in Serbia, as his second daughter, Olga, is married to Serb, Tomislav Čaušić, and his third son, Pavel is married to a Marija Bobušić.