Georgi Skalon

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Georg Karl de Scallon (Polish: Gieorgij Skałon; Russian: Гео́ргий Анто́нович Скало́н) was a Russian general of Huguenot origin. He was born on October 24, 1847, and died on February 1, 1914. Skalon served as the Governor-General of Warsaw and the commander-in-chief of the Warsaw Military District from 1905 to 1914.

In 1903, he became the general-aide to Tsar Nicholas II. In 1905, he was promoted to general of cavalry and took on the role of governor-general of Warsaw. During the Russian Revolution of 1905, he issued martial law on November 10 and ordered actions that brutalized protests in several Polish cities, resulting in many civilian deaths. In response, the Polish Socialist Party attempted to assassinate him.

On August 18, 1906, an assassination attempt was made by the Organization Bojowa PPS with bombs thrown at his carriage by Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz; Skalon survived the attack. In 1912, a large mobilization drill tested troops in Warsaw and across the Russian Empire.

Skalon married Baroness Marie von Korff in 1882. She was the daughter of Colonel Joseph Kasimir Alexander von Korff and Anna Myasnikova, and the granddaughter of Baron Nikolaus von Korff, a General of the Artillery. He was a recipient of the Order of Prince Danilo I and other decorations.

In popular culture, Georgi Skalon appears as an antagonist in the 2024 game The Thaumaturge, which is set in 1905 Warsaw. He is voiced by Zbigniew Konopka.