
Sultan Gubaidolla Genghis Khan
Gubaidulla Dzhangerovich Genghis Khan (Chinggis Khan) (6 May 1840, Khan's Stavka, Bukeevskaya Horde - 28 February 1909, Yalta) - Russian military leader, son of Khan Zhangir of Bukeevskaya Horde, grandson of Bukeev Khan, Chingizid-tore. Ethnic Kazakh. Participant in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. General of cavalry (1894). Gubaidulla Genghis Khan was born on 6 (18) May 1840 in Khan Stavka, the capital of the Bukeyev Horde. His father Zhangir (Dzhanger) was the Khan of Bukeevskaya Horde. His mother Fatima was the daughter of the Tatar Mufti Muhammedjan Khusainov. At the age of 5 years Gubaidulla lost his father, soon after that his mother also died. He received his primary education in a Russian-language school opened by his father in Bukeevskaya Orda. At the age of 7 he entered the Orenburg Neplyuev Cadet Corps, where his older brothers Sahib-Kerey, Ibrahim and Akhmet-Kerey also studied. In 1849 Gubaidulla Genghis Khan, together with the adjutant of the Orenburg Governor-General, Hesaul Zhitkov, travelled to St. Petersburg and was accepted to study at the Imperial Corps of Pages. His brothers were also graduates of the Corps of Pages. Zhangir's sons were the only Kazakhs who graduated from this prestigious military institution. Having graduated with honours from the Corps of Pages, on June 16, 1856 chamber-parlour Gubaidulla Genghis Khan began his service in the Life Guards Cossack Regiment in the

rank of cornet and received the title of Sultan. In the same year he and his brothers were invited to the coronation ceremony of Emperor Alexander II as representatives of the Bukeev Horde. In 1857 he was transferred to Orenburg, appointed to the post of special officer for the affairs of Kazakhs, Bashkirs and Tatars. In 1866, Rotmistr Chingizkhan was sent to the disposal of the ataman of the Don Cossacks, a year later he was transferred to serve in the north-western part of the Russian Empire. In 1877-1878 he participated in the Russian-Turkish war. On 31 August 1877, Chingizkhan Gubaidulla was awarded the Golden Checker with the inscription ‘For bravery’. On 1 January 1878 he was promoted to major-general and enrolled in the Suite of His Imperial Majesty. In the same year he was awarded the Serbian Grand Officer's Cross. In 1879 he was awarded the Order of St Vladimir, 3rd degree with swords. In 1882, he was awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st degree and the Montenegrin gold medal ‘For Bravery’. On 30 August 1888 he was promoted to lieutenant-general and appointed to the reserve of the army cavalry. On 7 May 1894 he was promoted to general of cavalry with dismissal from service, with uniform and pension. He was the chairman of the Special Commission on the Vacufs in the Crimea until 7 December 1899. In the last year of his life his wife became a hereditary noblewoman, actress Feodosia Velinskaya (1858-1931) (two months after his death she received the surname Chinggis Khan), the famous first performer of the role of Snegurochka in the opera Snegurochka by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Buried in the Muslim cemetery in the now-unpreserved village of Derekoy near Yalta.

His Imperial Majesty's Own Escort (English: His Imperial Majesty's Own Convoy.) - The Convoy was a Russian Imperial Guard formation, created for the Emperor of All Russia. At the Battle of Leipzig in the Napoleonic Wars, soldiers from the regiment saved then Emperor Alexander I of Russia from being captured by French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte. The core of the regiment consisted entirely of 200 Terek Cossacks and 200 Kuban Cossacks, with 200 men of each cossack host in service, with the other 200 on military leave at any time. Originally formed in 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars, the regiment served until shortly after the February Revolution and the overthrow of Nicholas II, at which time it was dissolved. The Barracks of His Own Majesty's Cossack Escort was in Pushkin, St. Petersburg near the imperial residence of Tsarskoye Selo.

A Borjigin is a member of the Mongol sub-clan that started with Bodonchar Munkhag of the Kiyat clan. Yesugei's descendants were thus said to be Kiyat-Borjigin. The senior Borjigids provided ruling princes for Mongolia and Inner Mongolia until the 20th century. The clan formed the ruling class among the Mongols and some other peoples of Central Asia and Eastern Europe. The Borjigin family ruled over the Mongol Empire from the 13th to 14th century. The rise of Genghis Khan narrowed the scope of the Borjigid-Kiyad clans sharply. This separation was emphasized by the intermarriage of Genghis's descendants with the Barlas, Baarin, Manghud and other branches of the original Borjigid. In the western regions of the Empire, the Jurkin and perhaps other lineages near to Genghis's lineage used the clan name Kiyad but did not share in the privileges of the Genghisids. The Borjigit clan had once dominated large lands stretching from Java to Iran and from Indo-China to Novgorod. In 1335, with the disintegration of the Ilkhanate in Iran, the first of numerous non-Borjigid-Kiyad dynasties appeared. Established by marriage partners of Genghisids, these included the Suldus Chupanids, Jalayirids in the Middle East, the
Barulas dynasties in Chagatai Khanate and India, the Manghud and Onggirat dynasties in the Golden Horde and Central Asia, and the Oirats in western Mongolia. In 1368, during the reign of Toghun Temür (Emperor Huizong of Yuan), the Yuan dynasty was overthrown by the Ming dynasty but members of the family continued to rule over northern China and the Mongolian Plateau into the 17th century, known as the Northern Yuan dynasty. Descendants of Genghis Khan's brothers, Hasar and Belgutei, surrendered to the Ming in the 1380s. By 1470 the Borjigin lines were severely weakened, and the Mongolian Plateau was almost in chaos. After the breakup of the Golden Horde, the Khiyat continued to rule the Crimea and Kazan until the late 18th century. They were annexed by the Russian Empire and the Chinese. In Mongolia, the Kublaids reigned as Khagan of the Mongols, however, descendants of Ögedei and Ariq Böke usurped the throne briefly. Under Dayan Khan (1480–1517) a broad Borjigid revival reestablished Borjigid supremacy among the Mongols proper. His descendants proliferated to become a new ruling class. The Borjigin clan was the strongest of the 49 Mongol banners from which the Bontoi clan proper supported and fought for their Khan and for their honor. The eastern Khorchins were under the Hasarids, and the Ongnigud, Abagha Mongols were under the Belguteids and Temüge Odchigenids. A fragment of the Hasarids deported to Western Mongolia became the Khoshuts. The Qing dynasty respected the Borjigin family and the early emperors married the Hasarid Borjigids of the Khorchin. Even among the pro-Qing Mongols, traces of the alternative tradition survived. Aci Lomi, a banner general, wrote his History of the Borjigid Clan in 1732–35. The 18th century and 19th century Qing nobility was adorned by the descendants of the early Mongol adherents including the Borjigin. Asian dynasties descended from Genghis Khan included the Yuan dynasty of China, the Ilkhanids of Persia, the Jochids of the Golden Horde, the Shaybanids of Siberia and Central Asia, and the Astrakhanids of Central Asia. As a rule, the Genghisid descent played a crucial role in Tatar politics. For instance, Mamai had to exercise his authority through a succession of puppet khans but could not assume the title of khan himself because he lacked Genghisid lineage. The word "Chingisid" derives from the name of the Mongol conqueror Genghis (Chingis) Khan (c. 1162–1227 CE). Genghis and his successors created a vast empire stretching from the Sea of Japan to the Black Sea. Babur and Humayun, founders of the Mughal Empire in India, asserted their authority as Chinggisids. Because they claimed descent through their maternal lineage, they had never used the clan name Borjigin. The Genghisids also include such dynasties and houses as Giray, House of Siberia, Ar begs, Yaushev family and other. The Bukey Horde (romanized: Bukeyevskaya Orda), also known as the Inner Horde or Interior Horde, was an autonomous khanate of Kazakhs located north of the Caspian Sea in between the Ural and Volga Rivers. The khanate officially existed from 1801 to 1845, when the position of khan was abolished and the area was fully absorbed into the administration of the Russian Empire. It was located in the western part of modern-day Kazakhstan. Its lands were spread over about 71,000 square kilometers.
Awards: Sash and star of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, Stars of the Imperial Order of Saint Stanislaus, the Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir, the Imperial Order of Saint Anna and the Order of the Noble Bukhara.
