Arthur von Buxhoevden


Peter Eugen Arthur Baron von Buxhoeveden was a Baltic-German military colonel who served in the forces of the Imperial Russian Army and Estonia.

Education

He graduated from Kuressaare Gymnasium and Tver Cavalry School.

Career

He participated on World War I, being an officer for Czarist Russia.
In 1918, he entered Saaremaa Defence Forces. He participated on Estonian War of Independence, fighting for Estonia. From 1920 until 1928, he was the commander of Cavalry NCOs' School. In 1928 he retired.

Death

In 1939, he moved to Germany and died in Karlsruhe in 1964. On 12 September 2014, the ashes of von Buxhoevden and his wife Kira were buried in the Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn.

Significance

Von Buxhoevden was one of the leading persons to advance the integration of Baltic Germans into Estonian society.

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