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Peter Mikhailovich Kaptzevich
Peter Mikhailovich Kaptzevich or Kapcević or Kapzewitch (1772 – 3 July 1840) was a General who led a Russian infantry corps during the 1814 Campaign in France. In 1812 he led the 7th Division at Smolensk, Borodino, Maloyaroslavets and Krasnoi. Promoted to command the 10th Infantry Corps, he fought at the Katzbach and Leipzig in 1813 and Vauchamps, Gué-à-Tresmes, Laon and Paris in 1814. He was governor of Western Siberia in 1822–1827 and the following year he led a corps of Siberian militia. He is buried at the church in Nikolskoye, Sakmarsky District, Orenburg Oblast. See also * Nikolay Vuich * Ivan Shevich * Andrei Miloradovich * Avram Ratkov * Ivan Adamovich * Nikolay Bogdanov * Ilya Duka * Mikhail Miloradovich * Peter Ivelich * Georgi Emmanuel * Jovan Albanez * Simeon Piščević * Anto Gvozdenović * Semyon Zorich * Peter Tekeli * Fedor Yakovlevich Mirkovich * Marko Ivelich * Rajko Depreradović * Andrei Miloradovich * Dejan Subotić Dejan Ivanovich Subotic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakmarsky District
Sakmarsky District (russian: Сакмарский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #1370/276-IV-OZ and municipalLaw #2367/495-IV-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ... (a '' selo'') of Sakmara. Population: 29,179 ( 2010 Census); The population of Sakmara accounts for 17.2% of the total district's population. References Notes Sources * * * {{Use mdy dates, date=September 2012 Districts of Orenburg Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campaign In North-east France (1814)
The 1814 campaign in north-east France was Napoleon's final campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition. Following their victory at Leipzig in 1813, the Austrian, Prussian, Russian, and other German armies of the Sixth Coalition invaded France. Despite the disproportionate forces in favour of the Coalition, Napoleon managed to inflict some defeats, especially during the Six Days' Campaign. However, the campaign ended in total defeat for Napoleon as the Coalition kept advancing towards Paris as Napoleon was out of position to defend the capital, which capitulated in late March 1814. When Napoleon proposed the army march on Paris, his Marshals decided to unanimously overrule Napoleon in order to save the city from further destruction. As a result, the victorious Coalition negotiated the Treaty of Paris, under which Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba and the borders of France were returned to where they had been in 1792. Background Following defeats in the Wars of the Fourth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anto Gvozdenović
Anto Gvozdenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Анто Гвозденовић; 26 January 1853 – 2 September 1935) was a Montenegrin, Russian, and French general, a member of the Imperial Russian Privy Council, and a diplomat and statesman. ''World Statesmen''. Retrieved 2011-02-06. Biography He was the ambassador of Montenegro to the and was the President (Prime Minister) of the Government-in-exile of Montenegro for two terms and the Regent toMichael, Prince of Montenegro
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Simeon Piščević
Simeon Piščević (Šid, 4 September 1731 Imperial Russia, November 1798) was a Serbian memoirist and imperial Russian general. Biography Originally from the famed Serbian Paštrovići tribe, the Piščević family took their name from their own native village of Pišči. During the Great Migration of 1690, the Piščević family (in question) were soldiers in the Austrian service. Simeon's grandfather, Gavril(o) Piščević, was a light infantry officer on the Military Frontier dividing the Ottoman and Habsburg empires. Simeon's father Stevan Piščević was also a Military Frontier officer in the service of Empress Maria Theresa. His mother was from the famous Vitković family and Simeon went to school away from his parents' home in the Petrovaradin šanac (later to become Novi Sad), lodging with his uncle, Sekula Vitković, who in 1731 was appointed regimental commander of the Danube Serbian Militia. Simeon Piščević received his education in Šid, Novi Sad, Segedin, O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovan Albanez
Jovan Albanez ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Албанез; –d. ) or Ivan Albanez (Serbian, russian: Иван Албанез, uk, Іван Албанез) ) was a military officer of Montenegrin Serb origin who led the first group of colonists from the Military Frontier of the Habsburg monarchy to the Russian Empire in the first half of the 18th century. Early life An ethnic Serb, born in the second half of the 17th century in Podgorica, his real name was Mojsije Mitanović ( sr, Мојсије Митановић, russian: Моисей Митанович). He was originally an Orthodox monk. Russian service Owing to Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711), the position of Serbian militiamen in the Military Frontier of the Habsburg monarchy was endangered. In 1704 the first Serbian attempts were made to offer their services to Imperial Russia in the latter's struggle against the Ottomans. Prior to the beginning of the Russo-Turkish War (1710–11) Russian Emperor Peter the Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgi Emmanuel
Count Georgi Arsenyevich Emmanuel (Russian: Георгий Арсеньевич Эммануэль) (13 April 1775–26 January 1837) was a Russian general of Serbian origin who participated in the Napoleonic Wars. He was promoted to major general on 26 December 1812 and after the end of the battle of Paris to general on 27 March 1814. After returning to Russia, he was put in command of the 4th Dragoon Division. On 25 June 1825 he became the supreme commander and governor of the Caucasus. He was promoted to general of the cavalry in July 1828, during the Russo-Turkish War (1828-29). In 1829 he organised and led the first Russian scientific expedition to Mount Elbrus, for which he was made a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Biography George Arsenyevich Manuilović (hence Emmanuel) was born in Vršac, a Serbian town in the Banat Military Frontier of the Habsburg monarchy where from early age he participated in actions against the Ottoman Empire in the Siege of Belgr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ivelich
Count Peter Ivanovich Ivelich or Peter Ivelich IV (Russian: Пётр Ивелич, also known as Pyotr Ivanovich Ivelich IV; 1772 - after 1851) was a Serb Montenegrin who ranks among the most important Russian generals who fought during the Napoleonic invasion of Russia. His portrait was added to the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace along with other participants in the Patriotic War of 1812. His uncles are count Marko Ivelich (Ivelich I), major-general Ivan Konstantinovich Ivelich (Ivan Ivelich III) and colonel Simeon Konstantinovich Ivelich (Simeon Ivelich II). Biography Ivelich was born to a Serbian family in Risan in the Venetian Republic (now Montenegro) in 1772. He was the nephew of Count Marko Ivelich. As a captain in the army of the Venetian Republic, he transferred to the Imperial Russian military service on 15 June 1788 as a lieutenant in the Nasheburg Infantry Regiment. In three months he was promoted to captain on 9 September 1788 for recruiting 186 Slav volunte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Miloradovich
Count Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (russian: Граф Михаи́л Андре́евич Милора́дович, sh-Cyrl, Гроф Михаил Андрејевић Милорадовић ''Grof Mihail Andrejević Miloradović''; – ), spelled Miloradovitch in contemporary English sources, was a Russian general prominent during the Napoleonic Wars, who, on his father side, descended from Serbian noble family and the katun clan of Miloradović from Hum, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. He entered military service on the eve of the Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790 and his career advanced rapidly during the reign (1796-1801) of Emperor Paul I. He served under Alexander Suvorov during Italian and Swiss campaigns of 1799. Miloradovich served in wars against France and the Ottoman Empire, earning distinction in the Battle of Amstetten (1805), the capture of Bucharest (1806), the Battle of Borodino (September 1812), the Battle of Tarutino (October 1812) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Duka
Baron Ilya Mikhailovich Duka (russian: Илья Михайлович Дука; 1768–28 February 1830) was a Russian general in the Napoleonic Wars. Biography Ilya Mikhailovich Duka came from a Serbian family that emigrated to Russia, established in the Kursk Governorate. In May 1776, he joined the infantry at Shlisselburg (formerly Nöteborg) near St. Petersburg. In 1783 he fought against Polish confederates alongside the Russian Imperial Army and was promoted to aide-de-camp to Major-General Ivan Šević, the grandson of Jovan Šević. He participated in the Russo-Turkish campaign in 1788-89 and was transferred to the Ostrogozh Light Cavalry Regiment in 1790. During the campaign in Poland in 1794, he distinguished himself by capturing General Tomasz Wawrzecki and his officers, and was promoted to major. In October 1799, he was transferred to the Life Guard Hussar Regiment and promoted to colonel. On 23 October 1806, Duka was appointed ''chef'' of the Little Russia Cuirassier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Bogdanov
Nikolay Ivanovich Bogdanov (28 August 1751 - 16 March 1829) was a Russian General who participated in the wars against Napoleonic France. He received numerous awards and decorations for his work and with his experience also later fought the Ottoman Turks. In the Napoleonic Wars, he took part in the hard-fought Battle of Borodino. Biography Nikola Ivanovich Bogdanov's origins are from the ranks of Serbian nobility in Slavo-Serbia. On 27 March 1795, Bogdanov was awarded the Order of St. George, 4th degree "For the zealous service and brave deeds rendered during the defeat of the Polish insurgents" in the Vilnius uprising and during the storming of the city's fortifications, where he, commanding the guns entrusted to him on the 8th through the 31st of July 1794 contributed to the Russian victory with the taking of Vilnius. Bogdanov rose to a major general in October 1798 and served as ''chef'' of the 8th Horse Artillery Regiment from 7 March 1800 to 27 August 1801 (in September 1801 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Adamovich
Ivan Stepanovich Adamovich (russian: Иван Степанович Адамович; 1752–1813) was a highly-decorated Russian general who fought at the Battle of Borodino, commanding the 1st Corps of the Reserve Army. Ivan Adamovich fought the Ottoman Turks and Napoleonic France as a seasoned and highly experienced warrior who long ago earned his stripes under fire. In 1794, Adamovich was pensioned with the rank of major general, aged 41. It was Alexander I, Paul I's successor, who recalled him to active service on 17 September 1812 with great honors. The events of 1812 forced him to come out of retirement and engage himself in the battle against the invading French by leading the 1st Corps of the Reserve Army during the Battle of Borodino. The last written traces about him are from 1813 where it is said that he died with his boots on while serving Imperial Russia. Biography Adamovich came from an old noble family based in the region of the Serbian Banat Military Frontier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avram Ratkov
Avram Petrovich Ratkov (21 October 1773 – 26 December 1829) was a Russian general of Serbian descent who participated in many battles, including the Battle of Borodino where he commanded the reserve military force with the rank of major general. Biography He was a descendant of a Serbian Orthodox priest who settled in Russia in today's Donbas from the so-called Transcarpathian territories of the Habsburg monarchy's Military Frontier during the reign of Empress Catherine the Great. His biography states that he comes from nobles of Belozersk in Novgorod Governorate and that he entered the service on the 1st of January 1783 in the Revel Garrison Regiment. On 10 November 1796, he was transferred to the famed Semyonovsky Regiment. That year (1796) Ratkov was awarded the Order of Saint Anna, 2nd degree, elevated to the rank of colonel and adjutant general for his past military services against the enemies of the Empire. Military career After the Battle of Friedland in 1807, Ratko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
