His family raised horses for the Russian cavalry , and wheat .
Aleksandr Pishvanov was born in Novocherkassk , the Russian Empire on 21 October 1893 , into a farm family of a dozen children .
Aleksandr Pishvanov 's family raised horses for Russian Empire Russian cavalry , and wheat .
Aleksandr Pishvanov was born in Novocherkassk , the Russian Empire on 21 October 1893 , into a farm family of a dozen children .