Alexander Romanovich Drenteln (Александр Романович Дрентельн) (1820-1888) was a Russian
general
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He held the rank of General of the Infantry, and held the positions of:
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Adjutant General
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France
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of the
H. I. M. Retinue
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* Chief of
Gendarmes
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* the last Executive Head of the
Third Section The Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery (russian: Tretiye Otdeleniye, or ''III otdeleniye sobstvennoy E.I.V. kantselyarii'' - in full: Третье отделение Собственной Его Императорского В ...
of His Imperial Majesty's Chancellery (1878-1880),
* Commander of the
Odessa Military District
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(1880-1881).
On March 25, 1879, he was the target of a failed assassination attempt by Russian nihilists.
Awards
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Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov)
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, 1st class, 1863
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Order of Saint Anna
The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (russian: Орден Святой Анны; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry. It was established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Hol ...
, 1st class, 1868
References
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1820 births
1888 deaths
Military personnel from Kyiv
Chiefs of the Special Corps of Gendarmes
Russian people of the January Uprising
Imperial Russian Army generals
Members of the State Council (Russian Empire)
Governors-General of Kiev
Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
Russian untitled nobility