Mikhail Kazimierz Skarzhinsky entered Russian military service in 1733. Mikhail was a centurion of the
1st Lubny Regimental Hundred (1737-1750) as a language translator. Ivan Mikhailovich Skarzhinsky (1749 - 1806?) began his service in 1769 as a clerk, a cornet of the Lubny Regimental Hundred (1773 - 1787), Zolotonosha District Marshal of the Nobility, since 1780 a Bunchuk comrade. He was married to Elena Grigorievna Zakrevskaya. It was called
Skarzhinsky's Squadron. Initially the Squadron performed reconnaissance in the areas around the towns of
Priluki and
Samokhvalovka along with Don Cossacks. In 1820, Viktor Petrovich Skarzhinsky was elected Provincial Leader of the Nobility of the
Kherson Governorate for six years. On June 16, 1872, a monument to Viktor P. Skarzhinsky was solemnly unveiled in the
Odessa City Garden to commemorate his great services to Russia. Created of white marble, it stood until the 30s of the last century. During World War 1, Russian soldier Lieutenant Anastasiy Skarzhinsky was awarded the
Order of Saint Catherine and the
Order of Saint Anna of the II degree. He served in the Kyiv Military District. During World War 1, Russian soldier Vasiliy Skarzhinsky was awarded the
Order of Saint Stanislaus III class and the
Order of Saint Catherine. He served in the Russian 44th Army Corps. During World War 1, Russian soldier Bronislav Skarzhinsky was awarded
Order of Saint Catherine and
Order of Saint Stanislaus III degree. During
World War Two,
Soviet soldier Nikolay Vladimirovich Skarzhinsky was awarded the
Order of Glory, for bravery, during combat operations. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Private Timofey Aleksandrovich Skarzhinsky was declared missing in action during combat. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Ivan Zakharovich Skarzhinsky took part in the
Battle of Berlin. He was killed in action. during World War Two. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Senior Lieutenant Matvey Isaakovich Skarzhinsky was awarded the military decoration
Medal "For Battle Merit",
Medal "For the Capture of Budapest",
Order of the Patriotic War, II degree, and the
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" during World War Two. He served in the Red Army's
333rd Rifle Division and
84th Rifle Division. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Vsevolod Vladimirovich Skarzhinsky was awarded the
Order of the Red Star and the Medal "For Courage." During World War Two, Soviet soldier Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Yanovich Skarzhinsky was awarded the Order of the Red Star and Medal "For Battle Merit" during World War Two. He served in the Red Army's
4th Rifle Division (Soviet Union). He served at the
Battle of Berlin. Prior to that he participated in the liberation of Warsaw. Soviet Marine Corporal Grigoriy Vasilevich Skarzhinsky served at the
Siege of Leningrad during World War Two with the 260th Separate Marine Brigade. He was awarded
Medal "For the Defense of Leningrad" and listed in the Book of Memory of the Siege of Leningrad. In 1944, Soviet soldier Junior Lieutenant Dmitriy Frantsevich Skarzhinsky was awarded
Order of the Red Star and the Order of the Patriotic War, First Class. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Sergeant Major Nikolay Ivanovich Skarzhinsky was awarded military decorations Medal "For Courage"",
Order of the Red Star (3), and
Order of Glory 3rd degree while serving with the 338th Guards Rifle Regiment of the
117th Guards Rifle Division,
1st Ukrainian Front. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Colonel Evgeniy Ignatievich Skarzhinsky was awarded the
Order of the Red Banner three times,
Order of Red Star three times, and the Medal "For Military Merit" two times. He served in the
Battle of Stalingrad,
Belgrade offensive and
Siege of Budapest. In 1945, Soviet soldier Junior Sergeant Anatoly Ivanovich Skarzhinsky was awarded military decoration
Medal "For Courage" (Russia). Anatoly captured 42 Nazi soldiers during a combat operation. He took part in the
Battle of the Dnieper and the
Battle of Kiev (1943). during World War Two. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Ivan Filippovich Skarzhinsky was awarded combat decoration
Medal "For Battle Merit". He served with the
1st Ukrainian Front,
95th Guards Rifle Division. He participated in many of the major battles of the Eastern Front including the
Battle of Berlin. He also served in the largest tank battle in history known as the
Battle of Kursk and the famous
Battle of Prokhorovka. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Captain Ivan Aleksandrovich Skarzhinsky served in the
1st Guards Motor Rifle Division. He participated at the
Battle for Moscow among others. He was wounded in battle. He also participated in the
Continuation war against
Finland. He also served in the
Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive as part of the
Soviet 14th Army. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Private Ivan Romanovich Skarzhinsky was killed during combat operations while serving in the Soviet
214th Rifle Division. During World War Two, Soviet Senior Sergeant Vladimir Igorovich Skarzhinsky served with the
46th Guards Rifle Division. He was awarded
Order of Glory Third Class, Medal "For Courage", and Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945." He served in
Operation Bagration. During this operation, the Soviet Union would destroy 28 German divisions which led to the destruction of German
Army Group Center. It is the largest defeat in German military history. During World War Two, Soviet Junior Sergeant Lavrentiy Lukich Skarzhinsky was award military decoration
Order of the Red Star while serving with the
1st Ukrainian Front participating in many major combat operations including the
Battle of Berlin. He served under legendary Soviet generals
Georgy Zhukov and
Ivan Konev. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Luka A. Skarzhinsky served in the Soviet Union's
6th Guards Army. He served at the
Battle of Kursk,
Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive,
Operation Bagration and
Courland Pocket. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Private Mikhail Grigorevich Skarzhinsky served with the Soviet Union's 81st Howitzer Regiment. During World War Two, Red Army soldier Vasiliy Semenovich Skarzhinsky served with the Soviet 15th Reconnaissance Reserve Aviation Regiment. He is missing in action. during World War Two. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Private Anatoly Sidorovich Skarzhinsky was taken prisoner, during combat operations, by German forces. During World War Two, Corporal Zygmunt Antonovich Skarzhinsky served with the
1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division,
First Polish Army (1944–1945) where he would be killed during combat operations that liberated
Warsaw. During World War Two, Soviet Marine Pavel Ivanovich Skarzhinsky served with the Soviet
Black Sea Fleet. He went missing in action during the
Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) During World War Two, Soviet soldier Private Viktor Pavlovich Skarzhinsky would be captured by German forces while serving with the Soviet 264th Artillery Regiment. He would eventually be released. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Sergeant Vladimir Dmitrievich Skarzhinsky was killed in action while serving with the
Red Army's 35th Rifle Regiment,
30th Rifle Division(later renamed
55th Guards Rifle Division). During World War Two, Soviet soldier Private Mikhail Ivanovich Skarzhinsky was killed in action while serving with the Red Army's
327th Rifle Division. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Anton Lavrentevich Skarzhinsky served at the
Siege of Leningrad. He is listed in the Book of Memory of the Siege of Leningrad. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Corporal Petr Pavlovich Skarzhinsky was awarded the Medal for Courage(2 times) and the
Order of the Red Star. He served in the Red Army's 118th Artillery Regiment,
69th Rifle Division. He served in the battle at Kursk and at the battle of Berlin. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Lieutenant Anton Ivanovich Skarzhinsky served with the
1st Belorussian front. He served in the Red Army's 130th Rifle Division. He was twice awarded the Soviet
Military Merit Medal. during World War Two. Ivan Zakharovich Skarzhinsky would not survive the battle. During World War Two, Soviet Private Georgiy Ivanovich Skarzhinsky became a casualty of the war. He is listed as missing in action. During World War Two, Soviet Sergeant Major Andrey Ilyich Skarzhinsky became a casualty of the war. He is listed as missing in action. He is listed in the Book of Remembrance. During World War Two, Soviet Ignat Vasilevich Skarzhinsky became a casualty of the war. He is listed as missing in action. He served in the Red Army's 170th Rifle Regiment,
58th Rifle Division and the
108th Rifle Division. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Private Ivan Nikolaevich Skarzhinsky was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Private Adam Vekentyevich Skarzhinsky served with the Red Army's 75th Reserve Rifle Regiment of the 34th Reserve Rifle Division. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Private Viktor Antonovich Skarzhinsky served in the Red Army's 584th Rifle Regiment,
199th Rifle Division. He was killed during combat operations during
Operation Bagration. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Sergeant Yakov Vasilevich Skarzhinsky was declared missing in action during combat operations in 1944. He was born in Zhytomyr region, Korosten district, Shatrishche village in Ukraine. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Ivan Ivanovich Skarzhinsky was declared missing in action during combat operations. He was born in Ukrainian SSR, Amur-Nizhnednepropetrovsk district,
Dnipro. During World War Two, Boris Ivanovich Skarzhinsky served in the Soviet
Black Sea Fleet. During World War Two, Soviet soldier Lukyan Lukyanovich Skarzhinsky was declared missing in action while serving with the Soviet Red Army's
76th Infantry Division during combat operations. During World War Two, Dmitry Fedorovich Skarzhinsky was awarded the
Order of the Red Banner of Labour for the efficient production of armaments as the chief engineer of the plant No 69. ==Polish military service==