Friedrich Nikolai Georg Freiherr von Korff (5 April 1773 – 11 September 1823) was a Baltic German cavalry general, he commanded a Russian corps in 1812–1814 during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1807 he led a cavalry brigade in the 4th Division at Eylau. During the

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in 1812 he commanded the II Cavalry Corps at Borodino and Battle of Krasnoi. In 1813 he led the I Cavalry Corps at the Katzbach and Leipzig. In 1814 he led his horsemen at Laon,

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and Paris.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Korf, Fyodor Karlovich Imperial Russian Army generals Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars 1773 births 1823 deaths Ethnic German people from the Russian Empire

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