Editing Alexander Rodzyanko (section)

==Biography==
Rodzyanko came from an old [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] aristocratic family: his father Pavel Rodzyanko was a major landowner and his uncle [[Mikhail Rodzianko]] chaired the [[State Duma (Russian Empire)|State Duma]] from 1911 to 1917. Aleksandr received his education in the Russian [[Page Corps]] military academy and at the [[Cadre Noir]] cavalry-school in [[Saumur]] in [[France]]; he then joined the elite Russian [[Chevalier Guard regiment]]. An excellent equestrian sportsman, he also studied for a year at the cavalry school at [[Pinerolo]] in Italy under Captain [[Federico Caprilli]], known as "the father of the modern forward seat". After successfully participating in London (1911), winning the King Eduard VII Cup{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}, he competed in the 5th-placed jumping team for Russia at the [[1912 Olympic Games]] in [[Stockholm]].<ref name=sr/> Most of the equestrian information about Rodzyanko was published by a Dutch horse magazine, called the 'Hoefslag' by the secretary of the FEI Max E. Amman.

Promoted Colonel in 1912, he went on to take part in [[World War I]]. In 1914 he was sent to the frontline where he briefly served in the 2nd Kuban regiment and the 1st Linear Cossack regiment and headed the 16th Don regiment. He later served at the 8th Army and Chevalier Guard Regiment. From May 1916 he headed the Cavalry Officers School. From June to July 1917 he headed the Garrison of [[Riga]]. In October 1917 in [[Pskov]] the 17th Cavalry division that he headed was disbanded and he was interned by the Germans.

After the [[Russian Revolution of 1917]] he accompanied [[Anatoly Lieven|Prince Lieven]] to solicit (unsuccessfully) British help for counter-revolutionaries active in [[Latvia]]. In 1918 he lived in Riga and received the German assistance in recruiting the volunteers into the anti-bolshevik units.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Белый фронт генерала Юденича: Биографии чинов Северо-Западной армии|last=Рутыч H. H.|publisher=Русский путь|year=2002|isbn=5-85887-130-5|location=Москва}}</ref> In 1919 General [[Nikolay Yudenich]] appointed Rodzyanko (then commander of the Whites' [[Northern Corps (Russia)|Northern Corps]]) as his aide, where he led the counter-offensive actions against the [[Red Army|Reds]] and participated in the unsuccessful advance on Petrograd. Once the [[Northwestern Army (Russia)|Northwestern Army]] had been pushed back to Narva, Estonia, on 23 November 1919 Yudenich sent him to [[England]] to seek financial support for the further anti-bolshevik combat. After his mission proved abortive, he chose not to return to Estonia but settled in the [[United Kingdom]] and later in the [[United States]].
[[File:Alexander Rodzyanko 1912.jpg|thumb|Rodzyanko at the 1912 Summer Olympics]]
His brother Pavel Rodzyanko became an instructor at the Irish cavalry school in [[Dublin]]<ref>
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 |quote=А в конце 20-х годов Родзянко пригласили возглавить кавалерийскую школу армии молодого «Свободного Ирландского Государства», и он на несколько лет уехал в Дублин. Он до сих пор считается создателем ирландской кавалерии и его имя встречается во всех публикациях на эту тему. 
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</ref> and later emigrated to the United States. Aleksandr Pavlovich Rodzyanko became president of the Chevalier Guards association, wrote memoirs<ref>Воспоминания о Северо-Западной армии. Берлин 1921; 2-е издание — М., 2000.</ref> and died in [[New York City]] aged 90.<ref name="sr">[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/aleksandr-rodzyanko-1.html Aleksandr Rodzyanko] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020175810/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/aleksandr-rodzyanko-1.html |date=20 October 2014 }}. sports-reference.com</ref> He is buried at the [[Novo-Diveevo]] cemetery in [[Nanuet]], [[Rockland County]], [[New York (state)|New York]].