Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky

Who is Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky?

Prince Sergei Konstantinovich Belosselsky-Belozersky was a Russian aristocrat, general and member of the International Olympic Committee.

Prince Sergei was a member of the Belosselsky-Belozersky family and was in 1916 one of the largest landowners in Russia. He was the son of general Konstantin Esperovich Belosselsky-Belozersky and Nadezhna Dmitrovna Skoboleva. Sergei graduated from the Imperial Cadet Corps in 1887 and was gazatted as a cornet in the Life Guards. He was attached to the Russian embassies in Berlin and Paris. He left military service in 1894 but returned in 1895. between 1896 and 1905 he served as aide de camp to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia. From 1908 he commanded the 3rd Novorossiysk dragoon regiment and from 1913 the Uhlans of the Imperial Guard. He owned an estate on Krestovsky Island, where in 1908 Nicolai, the brother of Felix Yusupov was killed in a duel with a jealous husband.

During World War I he commanded the 2nd Guards Cavalry Division and the 3rd Don Cavalry Division. From 1915 he served on the Caucasus front under General Nikolai Baratov. On 1 January Grigory Rasputin's body was found in the Malaya Neva near Bolshoy Petrovsky Bridge.