to major general in 1899. On 24 July 1900, he became chief of staff of the Osovets Fortress . On 14 February 1907 he was appointed commandant of the Novogeorgievsk Fortress. During World War I, Bobyr led the Russian defense of the fortress in July–August 1915, which culminated in the Imperial German Army's Siege of Novogeorgievsk of 10–25 August 1915. When German troops captured the fortress, he was captured. He became a prisoner of war in an officer's camp in Blankenburg, Germany. Later life After World War I, he returned to Russia, where the Russian Civil War was underway. He lived in Yalta to rest and convalesce, and did not serve in the White Army. In December 1920, he was shot in Yalta by decision of the three Crimean strike groups of the special divisions of the Cheka under the Revolutionary Military Council of the Red Army's Southern and Southwestern Fronts. Personal life Bobyr was married to Sofiya Leonidovna Karpinskaya. They had one daughter, Nadezhda (1891–1907). Awards and honors Order of Saint Stanislaus, Third Class (30 August 1884) Order of Saint Vladimir, Fourth Class (3 February 1886) Order of Saint Stanislaus, Second Class (6 May 1889) Order of Saint Anna, Second Class (21 May 1893) Order of Saint Vladimir, Third Class (14 May 1886) Order of Saint Stanislaus, First Class (6 December 1903) Order of Saint Anna, First Class (1 January 1906) Order of Saint Vladimir, Second Class (14 May 1886) (6 December 1909) Order of the White Eagle (6 December 1913) Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky (25 October 1914) Notes References Footnotes Bibliography Гущин Ф. А., Жебровский С. С. Пленные генералы Российской императорской армии 1914–1917. — Русский путь, 2010. — Фотография Афонасенко И. М., Бахурин Ю. А. на Висле 1854 births 1920 deaths Russian military personnel of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Russian military personnel of World War I Imperial Russian Army generals Victims of Red Terror in Soviet Russia Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class