Oleg Pantyukhov
| Oleg Pantyukhov | |
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Founder of Russian Scouting
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March 25, 1882 Kiev, Russian Empire |
| Died | October 25, 1973 (aged 91) Nice, France |
| Other names | Pantuhoff, Pantjuchow,Pantiukhov,Pantjuchow, Pantukhov, Pantuhoff |
| Occupation | Imperial Russian officer ,Scoutleader |
| Known for | Founder of Russian Scouting |
Colonel Oleg Ivanovich Pantyukhov (Russian: Олег Иванович Пантюхов; 25 March 1882 – 1973) was the founder of Russian Scouting.
Oleg Pantyukhov was born in Kiev to a family of a military physician and an anthropologist. From 1892 to 1899 he studied at Tifflis cadet school. During his studies he became a member of the group named Pushkin club. The group was somehow similar to the modern Boy Scouts, e.g. every weekend they were having a hiking trip with camping in the mountains.
From 1899 to 1901, Pantyukhov studied in Pavlovsk Military School. After graduation he became an officer of the Leib Guard 1st infantry battalion stationed in Tsarskoye Selo. In 1908 he married Nina Mikhaylovna Dobrovolskaya, who later became one of pioneers of the Guiding movement in Russia. In 1910 their son Oleg Olegovich Pantyukhov, who served during World War II as General Eisenhower´s official Russian interpreter, was born in Pavlovsk.
In 1908–09 Pantyukhov became acquainted with the works of Baden-Powell and decided to try these ideas on Russian soil. He organized the first Russian Scout troop Beaver (Бобр, Bobr) in Pavlovsk, a town near Tsarskoye Selo, on 30 April 1909. In the winter of 1910–11 Pantyukhov met Baden-Powell in Saint Petersburg and then visited Scout organisations in England, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark.
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