Georgy Matsievsky

Georgy Evgenievich Matsievsky (Russian: Мациевский Георгий Евгеньевич) (10 December 1880 − 23 November 1941, Harbin) was a Baikal Cossack, active participant of the White movement in Transbaikal, Lieutenant general (1919).

He volunteered as a private Cossack in the 3rd Verkhneudinsk regiment which participated in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion.

Georgy Matsievsky was awarded with the Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree for his bravery during the siege of Wang Gun.

He took part in the Russo-Japanese War and in May 1904 Georgy Matsievsky was awarded with the Order of Saint Anna of the 4th class when he together with 12 Cossacks broke through from besieged Port Arthur and delivered an important missive to the head of the Manchurian Army.

After the defeat and retreat to China in November 1920 Georgy Matsievsky settled down in Harbin where worked as a tramcar driver not participating in political life.