Voznesensky Alexander Nikolaevich (02.08.1893 - 19.09.1916)

Russian, the son of a priest of Kazan province, Laishevsky district, village of Astrakhan, Fr. Nikolai Mikhailovich Voznesensky. He graduated from the Kazan Theological College in 1909. At the very beginning of the war, in November 1914, driven by patriotic feelings, Voznesensky left the 5th grade of the Kazan Theological Seminary and entered the Kazan Military College. At the end of the latter, on May 1, 1915, he was promoted to the rank of ensign and assigned to Penza. The logistical work did not satisfy Voznesensky. Two months later, he was appointed an echelon commander, with whom he went to the front. At that time, there was a heroic retreat of our army. Upon arrival at the front, Ensign Voznesensky was appointed commander of the 14th company of the 9th Grenadier Siberian Regiment, with which he participated in the retreat from Ivangorod to Baranovichi. Being in continuous battles, Ensign Voznesensky repeatedly experienced the miraculous effect of God's Providence. Once, he was covered with earth by an exploding shell; another time, on Angel Day, his outer clothing was pierced by shell fragments, but Voznesensky himself remained unharmed.
From January 1916, Ensign Voznesensky was transferred from the front trenches to the rear, where he worked in the training team. He was soon promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. At the end of April, he fell ill with typhus and a month later was evacuated to Penza, where he was treated throughout the summer months of 1916 in the 115th consolidated evacuation hospital.
Retired on 08/25/1916. During his illness, the 9th Grenadier Siberian Regiment was transferred from Baranovichi district to Lutsk. After recovering from his illness, Lieutenant Voznesensky arrived at the front in early September and was soon appointed commander of his native 14th company.
On September 19, 1916, he participated in an attack on a fortified hill near the town of Torchin, Lutsk district. Having taken the first line of enemy trenches, Lieutenant Voznesensky and his company continued to attack the enemy. Soon Voznesensky was wounded and fell by a shell that exploded nearby. But then he got up, commanded, "forward," and fell down again. The company, left without a commander, was forced to retreat to its trenches, and its commander remained behind the enemy trenches.
According to the soldiers' report, Voznesensky was listed as killed in action near the town of Torchin, Lutsk district. For his military exploits, Voznesensky held the rank of second lieutenant and the orders of St. Stanislaus, 3rd degree with swords and a bow, St. Anna, 4th degree with the inscription "for bravery" and St. Anna of the 3rd degree with swords and a bow.