Alexander Romanovich Drenteln (Александр Романович Дрентельн) (1820-1888) was a Russian

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. He held the rank of General of the Infantry, and held the positions of: *

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of the

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, * Chief of

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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

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(1880-1881). On March 25, 1879, he was the target of a failed assassination attempt by Russian nihilists.

Awards

Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov) pl, Order św. Stanisława , image = , caption = , image2 = , caption2 = Ribbon of the order , awarded_by = Head of the House of Romanov , type = Dynastic order of knighthood , motto ...

, 1st class, 1863 *

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Drenteln, Alexander Romanovich 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